A new security services company says it plans to create 100 new jobs before the end of this year.
The jobs are coming after a phased merger between two security companies, Rapier Security Group and Express Security Group.
The combined company, to be known as Synergy Security Solutions, currently employs 800 people. It says the new jobs will come about through growth in its own business and acquisitions.
The managing director of Synergy, John Lawlor, was formerly MD of Rapier, while former Express Security MD Ken O'Reilly is the new company's operations director.
Bell Labs to add 70 jobs
Earlier, Bell Labs, the research division of French communications firm Alcatel-Lucent, said it would create 70 new positions in Ireland over the next five years.
Established in 2005, Bell Labs Ireland has contributed to projects involving Irish universities as part of an 'Open Innovation' programme. The company is based in Blanchardstown in Dublin.
Worldwide the company has 77,000 employees, and spends €2.5 billion a year on research and development.
Health services firm to add 30 jobs
Nua Healthcare, which provides specialised residential, respite and day services to individuals with Asperger Syndrome and learning disabilities, says it will be creating 30 new full-time and relief positions in Kildare and Laois, to be filled by June.
The jobs will be in nursing, social care and clerical support. The company currently employs more than 60 full-time staff in the Kildare and Laois areas.
The jobs will include 12 positions in a new adolescent facility in Co Laois, which the company says is the first of its kind in Ireland, which will open in two months' time.
