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THE DONEGAL GAELTACHT has just been given a big jobs boost with the announcement of 125 new jobs in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore).
Manchester-based telemarketing and customer services company SLM Connect is to establish a new base at the Gaoth Dobhair Business Park, with the first jobs set to come on stream in the coming months.
The plans are supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht through Údarás na Gaeltachta who say that 25 people will be hired initially.
Junior Minister and Donegal TD Joe McHugh says that the company plans to “increase its employment numbers substantially” in the months after the initial 25 positions are filled.
The company will be seeking employees with both customer care experience and others with management and supervisory experience.
The news is particularly positive for a county that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and a town that has had some significant job losses in recent times.
The move will see the creation of SLM Éire Teo which will begin operating from its Gaoth Dobhair base in the summer.
McHugh says that the jobs represent a “huge boost” for the area given the economic problems the county has faced.
“The move will be a major boost for the Gaeltacht area of Gaoth Dobhair and surrounding areas which have suffered unemployment and emigration in recent years and today’s news is a positive story for our county,” he said.
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Great news. the fact the Gaoth Dobhair had be put in inverted commas is sad
Jesus this is going to be a challenge for the merchants of doom to pick holes in .
This English company coming into our Irish speaking towns and forcing them to speak English for money. It’s a disgrace I tells ya ;)
Its a telemarketing company. 100 min wage sales jobs cold calling people to sell them rubbish.
Find the cheapest rent in the poorest region in an english speaking part of Europe. that was all there is to this sadly
Táimid feargach anseo toisc go bhfuil na comhlachtaí Sasanacha ag teacht go dtí ceantar Gaelach agus ag chuir bhrú orainn Béarla a labhairt chun airgead a fháil. Is rud uafásach é cinnte.
uafásach, ach uafásach. Jobs, a bheidh ag teastáil dóibh!
You wot mate?
Postanna le haghaidh na buachaillí, mar a deir siad!
Ach go tobann thit mé ar an leac oighir agus bhris mé mo cos. Thainig an otharcarr agus chuaigh mé go dtí an t-oisoidéal. Bhí mé an-sásta leis an lá.
Literally the only Irish I remember and the basis for every essay I wrote in primary school.
Unfortunately it’s no challenge to them at all.
Gerard, are you that fella that fell on RTE?
No but to be fair that would have been perfect for me to flex my gaeilge.
Haha liked it
Is maith liom caca milis, Suas bother, calainn bainne ..
Did you not to to An Trá at all, Gerard? It was great craic there. It was all about the
Uachtar reoite and going ar snámh in the fharraige. Every f*ing summer I went to the beach…
Tá scrúdú béil agam an tseachtain seo, tá mé rud beag neirbhíseach gan dabht. Is aoibheann liom a bheith ag cleactadh ar na gréasáin seo in áit na sraithpictiúrí a hullamhú… ag cur amú ama atá mé
A soft Donegal lilt asking you if you’ve been missold PPI or signing you up for charity direct debits? Nice one! And because they’re not based in the UK, they won’t be held to the TPS rules!
Ah stop maith fear
Good news. ..happy to hear for locals in these areas. Would be good if there were some well funded start your own business organisations for people living there too…
More low quality, low pay unskilled jobs..
Subsidised by high grants I’d wager.
Management and supervisory experience is now considered low-skilled?
How many managers do you reckon will be among the 125?
Obviously any job announcement is good news, but its a bit of a stretch to expect people to have a party over 120 call centre jobs (which are highly mobile and can be transferred at the drop of a hat) into communities that have been devastated by the recession, and largely ignored by the ‘recovery’.
I know the new fashion is the moan about moaners but people need to look past the headlines.
Exactly Eyepopper. Jobs are bad. Low skilled jobs are bad because they don’t pay well. High skilled jobs are bad because they discriminate against low skilled workers. Medium skilled jobs are bad because they’re just trying to please everyone. I hate jobs. And people who have them.
Good for you, I didn’t say any of that, in fact I said ” any job announcement is good news” but carry on.
Yeah, but they’re going to Donegal for the wonderful infrastructure and language skills, and ‘cos it’s the gateway to Europe. Companies have been saying that since 1970′s
Job creation is always welcome but check out the high turnover of staff in call centers. Having a soft lilting Donegal accent and desperate for work will not convince most of these staff to stay and put up with daily abuse for low wages.
So, not one person has been hired, yet you are assuming “daily abuse and low wages” will be features of the jobs.
Fair enough.
Is there a car supplied? Will I still be able to collect the dole? Do I have to attend on a regular basis? What are my prospects for promotion? Will I be able to collect strike pay? How much do I get if I fall at work, on the way to work, leaving work? When can I retire?
RTE had this yesterday. Fair play for keeping up to date
Rte won the battle this time.
This is not much good for Arranmore or Tory. The islands are always forgotten about.
What about the loughs, not a single job on them, no schools or housing either. How many CEO positions there too?
They’d better invest heavily in mental health services in the area . I spent six months training people in one of these places in Cork years ago. I’ve seen perfectly normal people go completely nuts after a few weeks and have seen three complete mental breakdowns on the floor. Remember these are the types of jobs that even the Filipinos or Indians won’t do anymore and as far as I know the outsourcing websites like Freelancer are not allowing them to be advertised anymore. In the US they’re outsourcing them to prisons.
If the UK based company read all the moaners on here maybe they should reconsider and head for Cumbria just as bad as regards unemployment.
But without the ‘deontaisí’!
Having not been paid by udaras and NI funded companies. As a self employed it contractor I stopped working for these types of company. As someone said they are here for low pay low/ no rent and high grants. I hope this one is different but I won’t hold my breath. I’m assuming they are taking celtic transcripts building.
Jobs announcements are always welcome. However, telemarketing is a thankless job.
Cé go bhfuil géarghá le jobanna cuirfidh na jobanna seo tuille brú ar an nGaeilge. Sé ‘n trua nach féidir jobanna a bheadh bádhúil don Ghaeilge a aimsiú.
I’m just glad it’s didn’t bridge in the headline.
* say bridge (sorry)
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