Popular retailer store Penneys will create 700 new jobs in Ireland as part of a €250 million expansion plan for the country. Among these, 300 jobs will be at a new store in The Square in Tallaght, which will open in autumn next year. 100 jobs will be created in the company headquarters in Dublin.
The company known as Primark outside Ireland has announced a redevelopment and extension of Patrick Street store in Cork city, and an extension at the Eyre Square outlet in Galway. In the €250 million plan, €60 million is allocated for these two.
The new distribution centre by the company is set to start operation in 2024. The company had already announced recruiting staff to the centre.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar welcomed the announcement saying, “I’m really pleased to be here in Primark/Penneys’ headquarters here in Dublin, where the company has just announced that they’re going to create 700 new jobs, 100 here in Primark HQ and 600 in Penneys stores across the country.”
“The jobs are really good jobs. I think it’s also an enormous vote of confidence in the retail sector.” he added.