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RYANAIR SAYS IT will create 200 jobs at its new office campus which was opened in Dublin today by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
The airline say the jobs will be in the areas of technology, software and marketing and are in addition to the 500 jobs for pilots, engineers and cabin crew that they will create across Europe in 2014.
The 100,000 sq.ft campus in the Airside Business Park in Swords was officially opened today by Kenny and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan as Ryanair prepares to launch its newly redesigned website later today.
It is intended that the new office will be used to develop Ryanair’s digital platforms with the company’s new mobile app due to be released in June.
Although the new campus was officially launched today, potential employees have been given tours of the space over the past few months, with chief executive Michael O’Leary understood to have conducted the tour on at least one occasion.
Upon officially opening the new office today, An Taoiseach commended Ryanair for their commitment to Ireland, adding that their sector is being targeted by the Government as a growth area:
From an early stage, we have targeted tourism as a key driver of economic recovery and I am pleased to say budgetary measures such as the 9 per cent VAT rate and the more recent cutting of the travel tax to zero have been welcomed by the industry which has responded by delivering new jobs and routes.
Ryanair’s chairman David Bonderman says that the Government’s decision on the travel tax has “directly led Ryanair to open 21 new routes to Ireland in 2014″, which he says will add more that 1.1 million passengers at Irish airports.
“Ryanair sees the decision to scrap the travel tax as a welcome policy development by Mr Kenny’s government, which will enable Ireland’s airline and tourism industry to grow strongly,” he said.
“It has certainly encouraged Ryanair to invest in, and help create, thousands of new jobs here in Ireland in 2014. ”
Bonderman added that Ryanair are soon to take delivery of another 175 aircraft.
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Great news from one of our greatest successes. A huge company, undervalued by Irish people.
100,000 sq. feet….that’d make a four foot by 25,000 foot runway. Expect to hear about Ryanair’s new Dublin airport very soon!!
All the jobs will be agency and part time no doubt. Worst employer in Ireland.
@nicole, why do you always whinge about Ryanair, do some proper research before you go mouthing off as usual. Your an idiot.
Tell that to the unemployed.
James, Michael will be proud of you. Do you work for Ryanair?
James, “Your an idiot”
OH THE IRONY!
All FR jobs direct, mostly tech jobs. How do you know they’re a bad employer, do you work for them?
Jesus John, a runway that’s 4 foot wide and nearly 5 miles long … Don’t think their new airport will be getting much traffic!
Maths was never my strong point Joe, but laziness was…couldn’t be assed calculating yards or metres! :-)
A Boeing on a four foot wide runway … wouldn’t put it past them!
On what basis do you say that Nicole. Back it up with some facts, or witgdraw it.
Nicole THANKS,it saddens me to see how many people on this page can not see the real picture at Ryanair.
You are correct to some point with your comment regarding worst employer in Ireland,i would say worst in Europe..Many young people from Ireland and Europe wanting a career as cabin crew have been abuse by Ryanair/Crewlink/Dalmac who have set up a policy ” recruitment for termination” as new recruits are charged a training fee of up to 3000 euro with a high % terminated under 1 year, which keeps recruitment level high..Ryanair can have 29 recruitment days in any one month with Easy Jet having 2…..Ask yourself WHY….
As you will see the new offices are for management,Crew Control and office workers, NOT for cabin crew who will still be using the old office at Dublin airport…Ryanair since 2004 have a US billionaire Chief, David Bonderman TPG Capital who is guilty of exploitation of the work force for profit..Priority at Ryanair is the share price and cabin crew and pilots are not respected by Management..With well over 10,000 new recruited cabin crew terminated since David Bonderman became CHIEF,
Do people in Ireland know Ryanair pay new recruited cabin crew 10 Euro a flight ?…
Do people in Ireland know Ryanair force all new recruits to open Bank of Ireland accounts (not in uk ) and freeze the accounts of terminated cabin crew once terminated.This freeze of bank account is done so Ryanair/Crewlink final salary will be kept..
Name me one company that force an employee to open a bank account at the choice of the employer ?
One last point, respect and dignity should be given to all on board crew at Ryanair by management which clearly is their biggest failure..
Clearly showing you yourself have not done a proper research into Ryanair James as Nicole has other wise you would not have made this comment.
Lol….Great Nicole..
I’ve worked for Ryanair. And there were a great employer. They pay and conditions on offer were excellent. The opportunities magnificent. I hold them in the highest regard. You obviously are a very angry and disgruntled ex employee.
Well done OLeary, a great man.
Thanks to O’Leary, a weekend in Prague is cheaper than a night in Coppers.
And carries a greater cultural value too !
Michael is a hard man to figure out but one thing everyone can agree on he is a good business man.
More good news, poor Shinners must be distraught
ryanair haters . go back to 80s and pay 800 pounds focking flights to london
Fair play to Mick O Leary!
Alway stated that when travel tax was abolished he would deliver in many ways, and he has . Look what’s happened at Shannon; more biz there.
More jobs, more routes opened, elsewhere also.Single handedly responsible for recent boost to tourism in this country.
The best businessman in Ireland by a mile, and trained originally by Tony Ryan, same as Denis O Brien. Proper role models for right thinking youngsters seeking an entrepreneurial
career.
And o Leary retains his tax residency here also.
The realists on here very much appreciate his worth to Ireland. And he’s not as grumpy or abrasive lately.
May be thinking of that Political career after all!
Now such a move would shake things up, for a better society.
Go Mick!
He is a great business mind and clever a great asset to Ireland I’m jus glad I don’t have to fly with his airline anymore :)
You were going great there Rory until you mentioned Denis O’Brien. O’Brien not fit to lick O’Leary’s shoes.
Love or hate Michael O’Leary, he got where he is by hard work and enterprise. The laws on defamation prevent me from commenting on O’Brien…
Yes indeed – by all means praise ingenuity, honesty and hard work. Even if the showmanship is a bit much.
Denis O’Brien, however… Very much part of the (hopefully) old way of doing business in this country. Less said, the better. As John O’Neill has pointed out, defamation laws, etc.
…but sure – it’s absolutely legal to quote the public findings of the Moriarity tribunal, which said that “it was “beyond doubt” that Mr Lowry gave “substantive information to Denis O’Brien, of significant value and assistance to him in securing the [mobile] licence” during at least two meetings between the two.”
Will we ever see Michael O’Leary before a tribunal? I doubt it.
Jobs always welcome – fly me to the moon where O’Leary resides.
Michael o Leary the Minister for Transport just keeps giving and giving…
In a building originally designated for AIB.
Another 200 jobs,this is not good news for SIPTU the socialists and other depressants who see Ryanair and O’Leary as the anti christ, as a frequent traveler im delighted i am contributing just a small bit to one of this countries sucess stories,aside from the sex with the queen story,(his mantra, there is no such thing as bad publicity)the continuing good news from Ryanair is also very good news for the country.
Agency workers. Low paid
Nicole, perhaps, but still paid nonetheless. Do you realise that such deep negativity as you display is every bit as bad for you as too much stress. Kick it before it damages your health. There, to-day’s free health tip.
So what did you get fired from Ryanair for Nicole?
Not true Nicole. IT specialist jobs. These guys will be paid industry standards, or higher to attract the right type. RyanAir pay very well. Why the negativity? Did they refuse your application? Where do you dream your nonsense up?!!
Engineers paid very well also. I think someone got caught out for an idiot tax for overweight luggage…..either that or sacked by Ryanair.
I always laugh at people that say oh the jobs are low paid a job is a job as long as you are being paid at least the minimum wage people have views that they should be paid more and more money, there are so many people out there looking for work that they don’t need to pay top dollar to get someone to work. People who don’t take a job to get off the dole/assistance as they say its low paid are the same people who complain that all these foreingers coming into our county taking our jobs, they are taking our jobs as we are too lazy and snobbish to take jobs that we think dont pay enough or think we are too good for!
Probationary Ryanair cabin crew are not paid very well by Ryanair Jason.Get your facts right my friend.
Ryanair never refuse a cabin crew application unless you refuse to pay the 3000 euro training fee.
And people are free to walk away and not pay. The agencies are very upfront about this, it doesn’t come as a shock to anyone, they also offer different methods to pay.
Crew get paid a wage plus extra per rotation. They don’t get €10 per flight and nothing else, as you imply.
No they are not free to walk away James.The agencies are not up front about this..New recruits invest thousands in accommodation,training with a high % terminated.Different methods to pay for training, yes one way was through bank of Ireland loan of 3,500 Euro which are campaign stopped in 2010,reason being why would a bank loan when so many students terminated and not being able to repay loan…Your first port of call for new recruits was Dublin airport Bank Of Ireland offering this training loan..So please do your research before you comment about agencies.
There are 2 types of cabin crew at Ryanair.Total amount being 5000.
20% average are contracted by Ryanair who are paid well.
80% average are probationary contracted through so called third party agents who are exploited and a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Liverpool is 45 mins..Hourly Ryanair rate of pay before tax in Dublin is 16 euro with new recruits paying HIGH rate of PAYE ..SO WORK IT OUT YOURSELF..
10 Euro a flight….Plus you only get paid once aircraft is airborne so a 45 min flight can have you working over 1 hour each flight extra which is not paid… Look at TrolleyDolly90 here http://www.cabincrew.com/forums/how-much-u-can-earn-in-ryanair/206019/1
The 41 and 33 busses from town get out to Swords in about 35 or 40 mins as you are going against the traffic it doesn’t take long. I got these for years when I worked in Swords and never found the commute a problem. Since people are prepared to work in London, Dubai, Canada etc if your too lazy to sit on a bus for that long I don’t think many companies would want to employ you. Also Swords is easily accessible from other locations, Blanchardstown, Skerries, Malahide, Meath, Louth etc not everyone applying for these jobs lives in the city. The motorway makes it easy to access from most locations no more difficult then companies in Parkwest etc. Lots of people living hours from where they work due to being unable to afford houses closer to Dublin in the past few years.
Just dont understand some moaning heads here. They always have to cry over something. Fair play Ryanair!
Shame People Don’t See The REAL side of RYANAIR..TERMINATING over 10,000 young people..RYANAIR Exploit APPRENTICESHIP/Cabin Crew Training .. http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/ryanair-exploit-apprenticeshipcabin.html
They terminated 10,000 people? Do you think maybe this new campus will be the location of their gas chambers?
Spot on John. These will be agency jobs no doubt. Ryanair have very few direct employees. Makes them easy to exploit
Give it a rest Nicole.Airhead!
Ur an idiot Nicole, such a negative person, bitter no???
Not true nicole. Where are your facts many figures? Nonsense from you, as usual.
Back it up Nicole
If you have time or if your bothered Jason you can see facts and figures on my blog regarding what Nicole is saying. Ryanairdontcare Campaign.
Your blog us hardly unbiased now is it? You must be very bitter.
Not a problem if people like Ryanair James has your twitter clearly shows,as for being bitter not at all, it is called EVEN…
Who is James?
Will you have to pay 1 euro to go to the jacks there?
Shame people don’t see the real picture of RYANAIR..RYANAIR Exploit APPRENTICESHIP/Cabin Crew Training .. http://ryanairdontcarecrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/ryanair-exploit-apprenticeshipcabin.html
This has been debunked so many times. Everything is made clear up front before contracts are signed. Why do so many people still work fir them.. Disgruntled ex employees who couldn’t hack it.
Agency workers
You’re like a broken record Nicole. It takes a special kind of idiot to see a downside in 200 new jobs
Downside in 200 new jobs is called Ryanair spin Dan to which Nicole can see..
The jobs are great news, but it will be hard to attract top talent to Airside. Most young IT workers prefer the IFSC or (at a push) the Digital Hub. Advice to Mr O’Leary, take advantage of the high level of unoccupied office space in the city centre. Other than that small gripe – the very best of luck to Ryanair!!
Totally agree with you!!!
That place is insane to commute to… plus it’s quite alienating working there…
Just wrote about this…
My brother recently done an interview for one of these IT positions, he lives in the Midlands more than willing to commute the 1hr 15mins if he’s successful. Which if enough of ye who live only minutes away think it’s too far to go, he will be.
Why cram an even bigger crowd of commuters into the city centre every day ?
A lot of people – especially younger people in rented accommodation and with no car – live in or near to the city; walking or cycling is an option for many.
I moved my business from Citywest to the city centre for the same reason, we just couldn’t get the right people to even interview, never mind take a job!
Good to read Floodzie, we should talk in private… ;)
Haha – I admire your resourcefulness, PI. Sadly, we are full up :-( My company only has 4 people (including me).
Plenty of jobs out there in IT, though. My advice is to stick with one recruiter for city centre roles, a different one for a different area, etc. Some recruiters, if they see you will take jobs in harder to place parts of Dublin, may only send you jobs for those areas. If you can avoid recruiters, well and good, but in my opinion there are a few who are really really good – for both candidate and employer.
Also, get lots of skills on your CV, as they are pretty much the only thing people look at. Even if you only did SQL for a week, put it down.
Buona fortuna!
Wheres dickie brutal .
How many people are commuting an hour or so to jobs in the city centre? What’s travel time in mornings to city centre from say Blanchardstown or Kildare as examples plus Swords gives chance for people living out Balbriggan, Ashbourne etc.
Airside s not the end of the world
Exactly, I commute from Wexford to Dublin everyday
How dp I apply for one of these future positions? . I have attempted to apply through the Ryanair site, through specific people who are named on the site. Perhaps there is a specific recruitment company that Ryanair use?.
You won’t be working for Ryanair. You will be working for an agency. Easier to exploit
Again not true, stop with your s hite. These are jobs working directly for FR.
Government brings in travel and Ryanair say it will sack 200 employees if it happens. It did happen and Ryanair did sack 200 employees. Joe public sighs at tipical government and Ryanair BS.
Government drops the stupid travel tax and Ryanair creates 200 new jobs to much fan fair from the Ryanair fan club.
I’d say we call this one a drawn for the Irish economy…
eh ?
Excellent, good Non unionised positions
Looks like a great news, for us IT workres…… but why they opened this centre in the middle of nowhere !??!!?
I wish I’d apply… couldn’t be opened in town ?!?!
:(
Why would they pay city centre rates when they don’t need a presence there, when instead they can set up near the airport, where I think they may have some business interests?
Maybe because the “centre” (or other locations in town) are equidistant from a lot of other places where people lives, as well as better served by public transport?
In this way you’re closing the access to those position for people living in D4/D6/D8 or the south side in general.
To access that Business park, would take almost an hour from here, whether you’re using Public Transport, own car or -in my case- even a scooter… commuting is insane.
It’s about 40mins on a bike from D8, I do it every day. 30mins from city center on Swords Express. Only 15k on your scooter. I think if your too lazy to make that trip you’d be no loss to any company.
I’m sorry, but I don;t think so. I had an interview recently up there, it took me almost 50 minutes to go there with my scooter, even using the Bus Lana.
That would be at least 1.5 hr/day wated in commuting if you get the job. Plus there’s no where if you need to shop for your own.
Of course there always be someone living too far for any place, I’m just saying that a centralized location would be a better choice (like many companies did). As someonelse wrote here, would be hard to get top talented people going to work up there…
It truly is disgraceful that they didn’t consider your commute when choosing the location for this operation. Just a thought, but maybe they feel there are 200 people on the Northside that could fill these positions, see obvious advantages to operating close to their main place of business in the airport, wish to benefit from reduced costs by operating outside the city, and don’t particularly give a rats ass whether it suits you or not?
I would get your scooter looked at if it took you 50mins, I cycle it in 40 and that’s off the motorway.
I’m sorry for my poor written English that lead you misunderstanting what I said.
I didn’t mean this “personal”.
I’m jusy saying that opening a campus like that would be better think at a location *easy reachable* for a lot of people.
I find those business parks in the edge of a city quite alienating, but that’s my personal opinion and I repect other’s.
Again, I’m only saying that *would* have been better place location like that in a please more easy to go to and “live” in.
That’s all.
I worked in the business park and commuted from Terenure. No problem, also there’s plenty of accommodation in Swords and its only minutes from the City Centre, if you find that to much of a struggle i don’t think your the type employee Ryanair wants.
what do you say to companies who open outside of Dublin, EBAY and Paypal are outdside the city centre too.
…and what’s the type of employee Ryanair wants? Now you make me think… I’m wondering how they pay the IT positions over there…
Dynamic, self thinking, a problem solver.
not one who can’t get a freaking bus on their own. who moans about having to go to work a few kms, one who thinks the company owe home a favour and move office to a place of higher rent, etc,etc.
The people of Dublin 4,6 & 8 must be devastated. Their areas are so neglected! Maybe ryan air will make a little airport for them too so they can get the LUAS to work and have easy access to 8 different Starbucks and choose a different cycle lane each day of the week should they decide to cycle.
Brian – go easy on Proudly Italian – he’s offering his own opinion, there’s no need to jump down his throat.
His points sound very valid to me. The city centre is a much more desirable place to live than Swords, for many people – not everyone, but certainly younger IT professionals who Ryanair will be trying to attract.
I spent 3 months on a client site out in Airside, travelling about 30 mins on the M50 every day. No other option (other than going into and out of town on buses) to get there.
There isn’t a lot out there to attract people to it – Swords shopping centre is nearby, but that’s about it.
But, it may suit some people.
And as somebody who lives on the northside of the city should I complain if a company decides to open new offices in Sandyford or Citywest? People commute to work from far longer distances than Dublin 8 to Swords.
Swords… The Middle of Nowhere??? I’d hate to see you in West cork, Kerry or Out the West past Galway city, I’d say you’d think you were on another planet. It won’t be just people living in Dublin City applying for these jobs. Swords is very easy to access for most people (but for some reason not the people in Dublin city) and also Ryanair’s offices are currently out in swords so it makes sense for a company to keep its locations close together… especially when moving into Dublin city would only lead to higher costs for them
The city is a more desirable place to live than Swords ??? Are you a junkie ?
@ Floodzie
these articles get worse every day. in the first sentence they say 200 jobs and the last one they claim thousands. this has f.g spin written all over it. they literally announce the same jobs 20 times most of which never come to fruition
They said supporting thousands, not directly employing. By bringing tourists in they are supporting people working the hospitality and leisure sectors etc.
Just took a look at that pic again. Disnt Enda break into song during the speech?
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