1,223 people employed in companies supported by the Donegal LEO

Over four thousand extra jobs have been created by Local Enterprise Office supported companies in the past 12 months.
The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has published the annual results for L-E-O’s for 2014.
In total, over 7,300 new jobs were created – taking into account losses, there was a net increase of 4,012.
In Donegal, the Local Enterprise Office here created 45 new jobs in 2014, with 1,223 people employed across 159 client companies.
In the border region as a whole, last year saw 470 new jobs created, with 1,049 client companies employing 5,323 people.
Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton says start-up businesses create two thirds of all new jobs in Ireland, and they also offer huge potential to support jobs growth in every town and village in the country.