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THE GOVERNMENT HAS announced 200 additional jobs, more or less evenly split between Dublin and Limerick, at the launch of the latest installment of its ‘Action Plan for Jobs’, for 2015.
The new jobs are coming on stream at ICON plc, which provides outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors.
The company has announced the foundation of what it’s calling a “global innovation hub” here. The jobs will be in IT, data analytics, clinical science, project management, finance and human resources.
The firm, founded in Dublin in 1990, now employs 11,000 people in 40 countries.
“Today’s announcement that ICON is creating an extra 200 jobs in Ireland – split roughly evenly between Dublin and Limerick – which will take its total employment to 1,200 here, is a huge boost and a great example of what is possible from companies like this,” Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said in a statement.
The project has been part-funded by the Government, through Enterprise Ireland.
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton, Bruton and a number of junior ministers are giving the latest update on their ongoing jobs strategy at a press launch at ICON’s offices in Leopardtown, south Dublin, this morning.
It follows the coalition’s recent announcement that it’s targeting a return to full employment by 2018.
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Helicopter’s crashing into cranes.
Trains crashing into apartments.
What’s going on. GTA has become real.
It’s some guerrilla marketing plan for GTA V.
Sky news creaming themselves. Almost sound disappointed there were no passengers…
No passengers??? Was in a model?
There was a pilot Dave!
Next 24hrs, I witness interviews and endless speculation/drivel from sky reporters. Played over and over again.
Yep Sky News wet themselves at the misery of others and pretend to be all concerned and relevant. Disgusting outfit.
21st Century keening…they’re pros at it.
Sky News confirming two people have died. RIP.
Hope the crane driver was not up there , I Was always up the crane for 7 am hope he was late that day
Apparently he was just about to go up. Lucky man.
I hope annika rice is ok
;-)
It crashed into a crane according to Sky news.
I live in the development where this tower is being built. It’s very scary, if the helicopter had of being heading in the opposite direction, it would have hit either the apartments or bus station. Heard a massive bang just after 8 and then looked out to a plummet of smoke. Tbh when I heard the bang wasnt too worried as the area has a lot of construction going on so it can get noisy. It’s completely surreal. RIP to the victims.
Can see the smoke from my office! Hit a crane and fell to the ground apparently!
That’s just up the road from my house!! Lots of building work going around there aswell.
I been up many cranes in London near airports I sure once or twice a plane has came within 100ft over me
Can see the smoke from my Window in work. Looks horrific
God be good to the people in the Helicopter,
Also sad to see that so many of our young people are seeing this from their work place windows, having to be over there than here. Sad sign of out times and our Govts of last few decades.
Only in Ireland could we read about helicopter crash in another country and find a reason to complain about our government. Not every story needs a comment on how bad they are!
Nugget head of the week award goes to you!!!!
Because it’s not like Irish people have been heading to London for generations is it? Regardless of the economic situation here.
*Actual facepalm.
Steven, seems God was not ‘good’ to them, the guy flying the chopper is dead.
London deals so well with this sort of thing, fantastic emergency services.
did any one other than me think ” twin towers” again?
Jeez.. i hope everyone ok :/
I think that’s a no.
Holy crap!
Two confirmed dead, just this minute. Pilot and someone in a car which was hit by falling helicopter. Low fog tipping the top of the building with the Crane. Near impossible to fly in fog, must have flew lower to exit fog and clipped the Crane.
Alan Sugar will just have to tube it like everyone else now.
Oh no that’s not good :-(
It was an Agusta 109 helicopter. Very common helicopter used for VIP transport etc…
http://www.tigerhelicopters.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/helicopters/14.jpg
The SAS used to have a couple of 109s (captured from Argentinian during the Falklands war). Cue the conspiracy theorists!
Used to have, Reg. The Agusta 109s, including the captured Argentine ones, were replaced by Dauphins as you probably already know. But no doubt some conspiracy loon will attempt to go down the SAS Agusta 109 route?
Was it an A-TEAM crash? That is the pilot stumbles from the wreckage unscathed.
Nope. This being reality he died a tragic, horrific death instead.
Everyone should steer clear of Waterloo-nightmare took two hours getting into work! Unfortunately there have been casualties, but it just shows that the desensitising nature in London certainly exists….when these incidents occur, it usually follows runs along the lines of,’God, what happened?’ next pressing issue (how does this affect my route/transport).
thanks for that Dara O’Briain
Apparently they’re searching the Thames aswell…
And the trains are still running!
That’s fairly close to mi 6 building choppers always in and out of there ?
Wow
Tragic
Can somebody post whether it is unusual for a helicopter pilot to travel alone!!
Perfectly normal…
Cheers Gareth
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