Fingal jobs announcement welcomed

MINISTER for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, has welcomed the announcement by Fingal’s Emydex Technology that it is to create 20 full-time software jobs in the county over the next 18 months, doubling its workforce.

The Agri-food software company, which already employs 22 staff, has also announced a major deal with the Meat Corporation of Namibia in Africa (

‘MeatCo’).

The meat processing and marketing organisation works on behalf of Namibian farmers and the two-year

?¬$00,000 contract will involve six separate MeatCo sites in the Sub-Saharan country.

The software company, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2014, was set-up with the support of the Fingal Local Enterprise Office.

Minister Bruton said:

“ICT is a sector which we have specifically targeted as part of our Action Plan for Jobs, and in recent years we have seen significant growth in this area.

“The announcement that Emydex, an Irish-owned company which has grown with the support of the Fingal Local Enterprise Office and Enterprise Ireland, is expanding further and creating 20 additional jobs is a great boost.

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Minister Bruton added:

“I congratulate them on this project and wish them every success for the future.

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