Meanwhile, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he has not applied for the top job at the BBC.

On an annual basis, the unemployment rate increased from 4.2 per cent in October 2024 to 5.0 per cent in October 2025.

Applications for the roles are now open

Newstalk business correspondent Joe Lynam said the 23,000sq/m site would have created more than 500 jobs.

PayPal has announced it will create 100 new data science roles at its Dublin office.

The £30 million course will be located at Bellarena

Almost three in four workers said they were using AI for their job searches.

People in Kilkenny are most likely to expect a salary increase (69 per cent), followed by those in Sligo (68 per cent) as well as Dublin and Limerick (65 per cent).

The project will be delivered on a phased basis and is expected to create 1,560 new permanent jobs (including 581 by office occupier), alongside 365 jobs during construction.

78 per cent of employers are not satisfied with the quality of job applications received for open positions

The company said it wants to open another 500 restaurants over the next decade.

The council has attached 22 conditions to the planning permission to Apple for the additional car park spaces

New data showed a fall-off in the number of social media companies operating in Ireland and an 11 per cent fall in jobs in the sector

There are concerns over the impact reported job cuts at Intel could have on its Irish operations, which employ 5,000 people

80 jobs have been saved at the country’s biggest print producer of mail shots, brochures and magazines including the RTE Guide

Napier AI is establishing a new office in Belfast and creating 106 jobs

The Defence Forces strength in numbers has been in decline in recent years and fell below 7,500 last year.

A resource has predicted a shortage of 5,400 individuals per annum needed to fill vacancies.

The Financial Services Union intends to meet the bank in the coming weeks to seek clarification on the rationale behind each redundancy.

Starting salaries of €30,979 per annum pro rata, are on offer.

South Dublin Co Council granted a 10-year planning permission to Lens Media Ltd for the 56-acre site.

The positions offer a starting salary of €17.47 per hour.

The company delivers a range of non-medical care services to older people

Currently, the company employs more than 13,000 staff across the State.

The confirmation of the 50 highly qualified roles is contained in new 2023 accounts for Atlantic Aviation Group Ltd and subsidiaries showing a 68pc decline in pre-tax profits to €1.4 million last year.

The Irish-owned company has invested €500,000 in the 1,200 square foot clinic with the aim of brining high quality aesthetic and laser treatments to locals at an affordable price tag.

Recruitment for the 2025 programme opens shortly

The 150 roles will be  available across all departments 

The head of the national broadcaster said he remains confident the strategy can be delivered.

The company said the jobs will initially be focused on designing software for their land mobile radio portfolio

The new contract  is worth €25 million annually over the next five years

The plans will see the supermarket chain open 30 new locations around the country over the coming years

The company said it will be recruiting for roles across the island

Staff are recruited from a wide variety of backgrounds

The roles will be created across IBM sites in Dublin, Cork and at IBM’s subsidiary, Red Hat, located in Waterford.

‘Are more jobs going to be lost than are gained? The answer is, nobody knows,’ the Government’s chief economist John McCarthy said.

Applegreen is creating more than 80 new jobs with an investment of €10 million in a new service area at the Clondrinagh Roundabout in Limerick

IFI’s Seasonal Fisheries Officers and Seasonal Fisheries Assistants are to be deployed across 15 counties

Tara is Europe's largest zinc mine

Upward pressure on salaries expected to continue in Roscommon

The positions will be based in Limerick and Cork, and on board Green Rebel’s survey vessels

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the company has begun a consultation process with employees concerning the proposed cuts

The long-running nightly current affairs show on BBC Two will continue to air every weeknight.