A Galway-based medical technology company is to increase its workforce by over 700 people as part of a multi-million euro expansion programme.
Aerogen specialises in the development and production of aerosol drug delivery.
Details of the new roles were announced to coincide with the publication of Enterprise Ireland's annual report, which showed record employment levels at companies the agency supports.
There was a net increase of 6,200 jobs at businesses supported by the agency last year, with overall employment levels up 3% on the 2023 figures.
Enterprise Ireland said more than 234,000 people are working with its client firms, with close to two-thirds of those based in locations outside the capital.
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The total export value generated by these companies stands at over €30 billion a year.
Among them, is the country’s largest indigenous medical technology manufacturer Aerogen.
It has grown from humble beginnings over a butchers in Maigh Cuilinn in 1998, to employing hundreds of people in 28 countries around the world.
The company designs devices to simplify the delivery of medication to patients.
The company is planning a €300 million investment over the next decade, developing new products and expanding into the biopharmaceutical sector.
That will lead to the creation of 725 jobs in Galway and Shannon between now and 2035.
Enterprise Ireland said continuing development of such businesses shows the important role Irish-owned, globally focused companies have in driving economic growth.
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Its CEO Leo Clancy said employment increased across its three core economic sectors in 2024, technology and services, industrial and life sciences and food and sustainability.
A total of 15,741 jobs were created by firms backed by the agency last year, but when offset with job losses at some companies, the net increase was 6,212.
Mr Clancy said the results provided a strong platform on which to further expand the country’s enterprise potential in the coming years.
"2024 marks the final year of Enterprise Ireland's three-year strategy 'Leading in a Changing World’ and we can confirm that our client companies have overachieved on our key targets to create 45,000 new jobs by 2024 and increase exports to €30 billion," Leo Clancy said.
He noted that two thirds of the jobs created in the three-year period were outside Dublin and Enterprise Ireland supported 479 start-up businesses, up over 20% on the prior three years.
