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56 jobs to be created by pet product company

Radio Systems Corporation, which makes products like bark control collars, will set up its European head office in Dundalk.

Radio Systems Corporation is known for product lines such as 'Petsafe', a line of pet training and safety products.
Radio Systems Corporation is known for product lines such as 'Petsafe', a line of pet training and safety products.
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A COMPANY which manufactures products for domestic pets is to create 56 jobs in Dundalk with the establishment of its new European head office in the Co Louth town.

Radio Systems Corporation will create the jobs over the next three years – with almost half of them being created in the next three months.

The facility, which is to open fully by January, will be the base for RSC’s multilingual customer services, finance, order management and human resources operations.

Radio Systems Corporation chief executive Randy Boyd said the company planned to make Ireland “the centre of its European expansion, mirroring our structure in the USA”.

Jobs minister Richard Bruton, announcing the news, said the announcement was “another good investment for the North East”.

“By continued implementation of the Action Plan for Jobs we can accelerate the transition currently underway in the economy and create the jobs and growth we need,” he said.

The investment is being supported by IDA Ireland, whose chief executive Barry O’Leary commented that the development was “excellent news for Dundalk and the entire North-East region, stretching across Counties Cavan, Louth and Monaghan”.

Those counties had the opportunity to benefit from the RSC investment, and from its continued growth, in the coming years.

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Comments (12 Comments)

  • Bark control collars sounds good, are they put on their owners neck to deliver a little voltage when Rex is howling at the moon at 3 am?

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  • Why not just bring the dog indoors at night? Then there’d be no barking or howling and the collars can be left where they belong.

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  • Dog trainers and behaviorists world wide are campaigning to make people understand the effects of using shock collars on dogs which incidentally cause fear and anxiety in dogs which may lead to fear based aggression. Now a big company wants to make Ireland their European base. So while it’s great some jobs will be created its not a good result for the dogs.

    http://www.positivedogtraining.org/article/dog-training-shock-collars/

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    • Cpm 25/09/12 #

      Who’s suggesting the collars use shocks to control the barking? Most collars use high-pitched sounds.

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    • I would much rather an upset dog than the aborted lambs and dead sheep that my neighbour have to put up with every single year because dog owners are lazy and ignorant of their responsibilities . We now have to carry guns on the land and the price paid for wandering canines is a cartridge. No choice . No discussion. No apology.

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  • The jobs market is gone to the dogs

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  • A shock similar to a static shock from a car door after a high pitched warning seems perfectly safe.
    Next they will be complaining about giving a child a slap.

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  • Any trainer or behaviourist that recommends these methods of training to anyone should be made wear these collars and so should the owners. Then they may see the damage they cause

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  • Yes, if you now check out my Fb page, you’ll see I have started working there.
    However, the static collars you are all so worried about, is 1 of of a whole range of products.
    We also have drinking and delayed feeding products, for when you are away; toys; access doors for your cats and dogs, ….
    So please, look beyond that 1 product that might offend your beliefs of how dogs should or could be trained, and don’t throw the baby out with the bathing-water.

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  • This is an absolute disgrace. I can’t believe how much this is going to set back all the work done on trying to ban shock collars. Such collars and systems cause harm to dogs. Having a company like this operating in Ireland just promotes these horrible means of training and punishment. Please people use positive reinforcement methods of training teacher then these cruel out dated methods. I cannot believe that outr government are supporting and funding this.

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  • Havnt they have a outlet in Dungarvan for about 5 years now.

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