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DPD Ireland to create 700 new jobs across the country

The permanent jobs will be created before the end of the year.

DELIVERY COMPANY DPD Ireland is to create 700 new permanent jobs within its distribution network in Ireland.

The jobs, 150 of which will be based in Athlone and 550 of which will be based around the country, will be created between now and the end of the year.

DPD Ireland’s chief executive Des Travers told reporters this afternoon that the announcement follows a strong year for the company despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Announcing the new jobs, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the delivery sector was one part of the economy that would grow as the country recovers from the crisis.

“The news that 700 permanent jobs are going to be created all over the country between now and the end of the year is a real boost to the economy and a real vote of confidence in the future,” Varadkar said.

“And I think it gives people a lot of hope that we can bounce back from this and we can make a full economic recovery in time.”

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    Mute Louise Tracey
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    Oct 16th 2020, 1:56 PM

    That’s me with all my Amazon orders

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    Mute Mattress Dick
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    Oct 16th 2020, 1:58 PM

    @Louise Tracey: driving the van in the photo?

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    Mute conor talbot
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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:46 PM

    @Louise Tracey: amazon goes through an Post

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    Mute G
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    Oct 16th 2020, 6:30 PM

    @conor talbot: Sometimes Amazon deliver through the post but, unfortunately, it’s been DPD, DHL or Fastway a lot this year for me.

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    Mute conor talbot
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    Oct 17th 2020, 11:13 PM

    @G: an post have the contract for 80% of all amazon parcels, DPD have the rest, I work there,

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    Mute Sandra Molloy
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:01 PM

    At least DPD drivers can work google maps & get the job done unlike fastway gimps

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    Mute Aine O Connor
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:29 PM

    @Sandra Molloy: I have no problem with Fastaway once they know your Eircode.

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    Mute HectorPickaxe
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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:33 PM

    @Aine O Connor: My Wife had an issue with Fastway saying they didn’t have the eircode and dropping stuff off at the post office. She was pregnant at the time and we wad a big row with them but they eventually backed down and now every package is dropped to the house without question. The driver even told us at one stage that he was a contractor and not obliged to drop packages at the house. Think that his contract holder set him straight eventually, bit awkward now but well worth the argument haha

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    Mute Pat O'Looney
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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:47 PM

    @Aine O Connor: I had an issue with a company this week who claimed they could not locate me as I had not supplied my eircode at purchase. The item which was to be delivered on Thursday last eventually arrived on Tuesday, and guess what, it DID have the eircode – despite two agents telling me that it did not. Matter ongoing

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    Mute Jurga Moylan
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:05 PM

    “strong year despite the pandemic”
    It’s the pandemic creating these jobs in this sector.

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    Mute Tom kenny
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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:18 PM

    @Jurga Moylan: only for the pandemic they would not be as busy

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    Mute Mary Glancy
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:36 PM

    Good news for DPD but our local shops are being crucified with online shopping. Please shop local as much as possible and keep our local economy going. Amazon won’t sponsor the local GAA, Soccer or Rugby Club and they won’t donate to the local charities like St Vincent dePaul either.

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    Mute Sam Harms
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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:47 PM

    @Mary Glancy: you can still shop locally online. I’ve bought lots of things over the past few months online from Irish businesses

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    Oct 16th 2020, 4:14 PM

    @Mary Glancy: also tax which may come in handy soon

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    Mute Emmett Currie
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:01 PM

    Leo gets his head in everywhere. He probably leaked the news before DPD announced it

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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:07 PM

    @Emmett Currie: #leotheleak is trending on twitter.apparantly he leaked parts of the budget something junior minister Phil Hogan had to resign over 20 years ago.the Irish media must have Leo JFK and the pope up on the wall side by side.the prodical son

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    Mute Sam Harms
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:15 PM

    @Colonel kurtz: the budget is leaked every year it’s nothing new

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    Mute Seagoat returns
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:55 PM

    @Emmett Currie: Leo is going to do 3 hours a week delivering for dpd during these difficult times, sure if he can get the stethoscope out he can dust of the driving license

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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:17 PM

    @Sam Harms: Is it really, on social media by the Tánaiste minutes before its announced… Think your wrong…

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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:49 PM

    @MickN: pretty much everything in the budget was in the papers for days before the budget speech.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:36 PM

    @Sam Harms: “Gabriel Makhlouf’s appointment as Governor, which commands a salary of €260,000 a year, has been shrouded in controversy after he was severely criticised for his handling of a budget leak in New Zealand.

    Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has demanded that the incoming Central Bank governor should make a statement on the controversy of his handling of the budget leak.”

    But #LeoTheLeak goes after others for doing it ..

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    Mute pat seery
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    Oct 16th 2020, 6:24 PM

    @Emmett Currie: Like everything else he leaks
    The Leaking Minister

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    Mute 5☆Fily
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:02 PM

    They can expect to get 100,000 people applying the way things are going !

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    Mute Colonel kurtz
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:04 PM

    It probably shows that the brick and mortar shops are dying a slow death with rents,rates,insurance and wages.companies that have huge warehousing style depot and a good app to shop on is the way forward

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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:26 PM

    @Colonel kurtz: or because people just don’t want to stand in a busy shop at the moment. That and the fact that people are moving out of cities. Smaller towns don’t have the “high street retailer” presence

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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:03 PM

    @thomas patrick: very few people have moved out of the cities.
    Was in Dublin City centre yesterday, was packed and it took me normal amount of time to drive in i.e. rush hour traffic was as it used to be!

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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:46 PM

    There was a time when the Mobile Bank parked in every village in Ireland for people to do their business. One Mobile Bank of Ireland used to blow the horn outside our house for my husband to cash his pay cheque.
    Messengers boys delivered groceries on bikes .
    Vans called around to remote houses with a selection of groceries and bits and pieces. There were bread vans, coal lorries , milk carts. Clothes shops allowed people to take up up to six outfits on approval , a van would deliver the selection , you would invite your friends for their opinion and the following morning the van would collect the clothes , no obligation to buy.
    We now have online shopping . In the past schoolchildren would hand in lists to shops on their way to school . Every generation will find a solution.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:08 PM

    Great to get a bit of good news. The way we consume things has changed forever. Better if we can have one van delivering 100s of orders in a day rather than 100s of cars clogging up roads and killing the environment for individual items

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    Mute Michael Clinton
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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:54 PM

    In fairness I have been using DPD for quite some time now.
    Great and really courteous drivers that will go out of their way to accommodate customers.
    Well done and please don’t loose that personal touch.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 4:11 PM

    I’ve had them deliver a lot of stuff to work recently, always polite and a pleasure to do business with.

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    Mute Jim O Brien Tech
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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:02 PM

    They have no hope of getting drivers. Treated like dirt a euro a drop and silly hours it’s how the industry has gone

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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:11 PM

    Nightline sold its soul to UPS. Forgot about the customer. Now DPD are collecting those forgotten customers.

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    Mute Soeren Kuehling
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    Oct 16th 2020, 7:24 PM

    @space invader: have you ever sent anything with nightline? Packages were the most expensive with them (if you ignore ups,dhl,fedex)while anyone else was cheaper for same size and weight. Dpd is not collecting lost customers but thenines which wouldn’t use Nightline in the 1st place so there is no loss.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 3:35 PM

    Hopefully they can put fastway out of business, worst company iv ever delt with, excluding eir

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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:09 PM

    @denis daly: It must have been bad off you equate them with Eir. Wrist customer service ever

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    Mute Teresa O'Halloran
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    Oct 16th 2020, 10:05 PM

    @denis daly: I’ve never had a reason to complain about Fastway. The drivers are very polite and make sure to shut my gate as they leave, unlike An Post.

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    Mute Keith Synnott
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    Oct 16th 2020, 2:26 PM

    What’s the betting they deliver the jobs late next year instead of this year?

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    Oct 16th 2020, 4:43 PM

    More bike lanes to be blocked up so.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:38 PM

    You can be sure they are better at delivering than #LeoTheLeak

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    Mute Cupid Stunt
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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:40 PM

    Anyone know what a DPD delivery driver makes?

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    Oct 16th 2020, 6:39 PM

    @Cupid Stunt: €1 a delivery if you bring 100 deliveries out with you, its obvious €100 and if you deliver 10 parcels to the one address its still €1. Also your actually self employed so technically its only 77cent a delivery after tax.
    ENJOY.

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    Oct 17th 2020, 3:36 PM

    @PMG: thanks for that… Reviews from workers on indeed do not bode well… 15 hour days eating on the wheel, zero support from management.

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    Oct 16th 2020, 4:30 PM

    Could be 7000 and still won’t be enough for this Christmas

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    Mute Michael Wynne
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    Oct 16th 2020, 5:51 PM

    Maybe the new recruits might actually “attempt” to deliver your package or deliver your package to your actual address

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    Mute Noel Martin
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    Oct 16th 2020, 6:02 PM

    I hope some of the much-needed jobs come to their Depot in Kildare town.

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