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Sky is bringing 800 customer contact centre new jobs to Dublin
Sky will open a customer contact centre in Dublin in August
Digital TV provider Sky has announced the creation of 800 jobs in Dublin. The company will open a customer contact centre in Burlington Plaza in the city centre in August.
Recruitment is to start immediately and the positions are expected to be filled over the next two years.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said the move is evidence of increased confidence in Ireland.
“This is great news and represents a very welcome vote of confidence in our workforce and in the Irish economy by a leading company,” said Mr Bruton.
“Confidence is key and, in the coming weeks, the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs will implement a series of measures to drive reform across the economy, ensure that more businesses can create more jobs, and get growth and confidence back into the economy again.”
Jobs on offer will range from customer service manager and adviser roles to training, coaching and HR positions.
The Dublin call centre will be Sky’s 10th across the UK and Ireland. Around 10.5 million homes use the company’s digital services, which include Sky 3D and Sky Go, which allows customers to access TV on their iPads, games consoles and mobile phones.
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch said he was delighted to be opening a centre in Ireland, adding: “Our Irish customers are very important to our business and the creation of this customer centre will ensure they receive first class customer service. We hope to recruit a committed and enthusiastic workforce and look forward to making further contributions to the local community.”
Barry O’Leary, chief executive of IDA Ireland, the company responsible for attracting direct foreign investment into the country, also welcomed the announcement.
The cost of running a our family carrises to €100 plus per week for the first time
Bad news for hard-pressed motorists today as the cost of running a typical family car has passed the €100 per week mark for the first time.
An Irish Independent reports today that motorists will have to fork out an extra €400 this year because of costs imposed by the Government. Increases in the prices of petrol, diesel, car tax, VAT, carbon taxes and the extra insurance levy used to keep the Quinn Group afloat are responsible for the massive hike in the cost of running a car.
The Irish Independent conducted their own investigation to discover what the real running cost of a typical car would be, based on the current increases. They estimate that the cost will run to €5,251 for this year, which is a massive hike of €400 in comparison to 2011.
Fuel will account for the biggest chunk of the increased costs, with the average petrol bill set to rise by €222 this year alone. It is estimated that diesel will rise by €333. These increases are due to extra carbon taxes and VAT.
It is no surprise that the extra costs will add to the strain on families who are already struggling to keep their heads above water – especially with the introduction of the €100 household charge, bin charges, water charges and the possibility of septic tank charges if you live in the countryside.
The Minister for Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte said that the EU embargo on oil imports from Iran would have some impact on the price of oil in Ireland, but it is impossible to tell how much of an affect it will have.
However, the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) warned that the current oil crisis was a “tipping point” and would cost the country “hundreds of millions of euro” if action was not taken immediately.
“In the past month, petrol has increase by 10c a litre, which is strangling business in this country. We’ve lost 1,300 hauliers in the past 12 months because of the rising cost of fuel,” said Eoin Gavin, the president of the IRHA.
“Thirty per cent of the fuel in Ireland is illegal and the higher it costs at the pump because of the Iranian embargo, the more supplies are going to be driven underground, which will in turn cost the Exchequer millions,” he added.
Mr Gavin also said that the IRHA had started negotiations with the Department of Finance last summer and suggested that a rebate scheme should be introduced.
If a fuel rebate scheme was introduced, hauliers would be able to get an annual tax rebate on a portion of their diesel bills. This means that hauliers would be more willing to buy their fuel in the Republic of Ireland, instead of filling up abroad where lower fuel taxes applies.
“Petrol prices are averaging €1.57 at the moment. A couple of months down the line we’re looking at €2 a litre,” said Mr Gavin.
“Laundered fuel is being sold by criminals and it’s costing the country €600 million. The export industry is the only show in town at the moment and is the only thing that will bring us out of this recession,” he added.
One thing is certain, if the Government continues to dump charges on the public and if the prices of fuel continues to rise, more and more households will struggle to make ends meet.
The Irish Law reform Commissioncalls for the regulation of home care services
The Law Reform Commission has called for regulation of public and private professional home care services.
The Law Reform Commission has called for the regulation of public and private professional home care services.
In a new report the commission says that a register of professional home care should be set-up and provision by the State be mirrored by the emergence of commercial home care providers.
However, the sector is unregulated and the report says the Health Information and Quality Authority should be given the power to regulate public and private professional home care services.
It says that the current regulatory standards only apply to residential nursing homes, which cover just 5% of the over 65s population.
The Commission does not propose that the new regulation and inspection regime apply to informal carers, such as family members.
However, the new system would cover professional home care provided to any adult over 18 years, in their own home.
Age Action has said it is of huge concern that tens of thousands of older people are being visited in their homes every day by professional carers who are not required by the State to have a minimum level of training, supervision or even garda vetting.
It has called on the Government to act promptly on the Law Reform Commission report recommendations.
It said that cases of abuse and sub-standard care, which have occurred as a result of the current lack of regulation, are well-known.
Young Man of (19) killed in Mountcharles Donegal car crash
The scene of the fatal road accident at Station Rd in Mountcharles where 19 year old Christopher Kane lost his life in the early hours of yesterday morning. Three others were taken to Letterkenny General Hospital.
A 19-YEAR-old man was killed early yesterday when the car he was driving left the road and struck a ditch near his home in Co Donegal.
Tragedy struck the small village of Mountcharles in the early hours of Monday morning when a 19-year-old man lost his life following a single vehicle car accident on the outskirts of the village.
The victim, Christopher Kane from Drimcoe, Mountcharles, was attending a farewell party for a friend who is emigrating to Australia this week and the tragedy is all the more poignant in that Christopher had planned to go to Australia in search of a new life later in the year in May.
The accident occurred at Station Road which ironically was the scene of another fatal accident some years ago and Gardai from Donegal Town and Glenties were on the scene shortly following the collision.
Christopher had been travelling home with three others, one of whom was his younger brother, when the tragic accident occurred at around 2 am. The three men, who were in their twenties, were rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital where their injuries are described as “not life threatening.
More than 750 places available on Ireland’s new ICT graduate skills courses scheme
750 NEW JOBS 
MORE THAN 750 places are available on 17 new graduate skills conversion programmes in a joint Government-ICT action plan launched yesterday.
The programmes, which will be held throughout the State, will start in March and can be applied for through the Bluebrick website.
Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn said participation would be fully subsidised by his department. The €4 million in funding required was provided for in the budget.
“We need to take action to develop a sustainable domestic supply of high-level ICT skills over time to drive the further expansion and development of the sector and to support innovation and growth across other sectors of the economy,’’ said Mr Quinn.
Participants would be provided with three months’ work experience. “There is the opportunity then for that person to be possibly hired. The jobs are there.’’
The Minister added that, typically, the programmes would be suitable for an engineer, or somebody from the construction sector, who might want to reskill.
Mr Quinn said the plan had set out how to build the supply and quality of graduates in the medium- to long-term. It envisaged an ambitious target of doubling the annual output of ICT graduates from 1,000 this year to 2,000 by 2018.
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton said there was no “big bang’’ solution to the Government’s plan to provide jobs and growth. Transformation across all sectors and a brick-by-brick rebuilding of the economy were required.
“A key part of this will be to get the greatest possible benefit out of the strengths we have, and the ICT sector, where there are over 1,000 vacancies and great potential for future growth, provides a major opportunity for employment if we can provide the necessary skills,’’ Mr Bruton added.
Chairwoman of ICT Ireland Regina Moran said the technology industry was a significant growth area and a crucial sector for economic prosperity.
“All of the top 10 global technology companies have a major presence here and, importantly, we have a powerful indigenous software sector. With 80 jobs a week being announced since the beginning of 2011, the sector offers fantastic career opportunities in a variety of fields.’’
Higher Education Authority chairman John Hennessy said, globally, a potential growth-rate of as high as 20 per cent annually over the next decade was mooted for internet communications.
Research centre gets €22.4m
The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre based at the University of Limerick is to receive €22.4 million in funding over the next five years, it was confirmed today.
Funding of €16 million is being provided to Lero through the Government via Science Foundation Ireland with a second-term funding of €6.4 million coming from a consortium of industry partners.
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