Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Consultancy firm Ernst & Young Ireland is to create approximately 600 jobs across its offices in the Republic of Ireland. It is also recruiting approximately 300 people for its Belfast office. The new roles are across a wide range of areas including tax, audit, corporate finance and consulting, as well as in new growth areas, including technology consulting, digital and emerging technology, data analytics, cyber security, sustainability, law, strategy and transformation. About one-third of the new positions are for graduates.
The company currently employs 4,200 people on the island of Ireland and this will increase to 5,100 on the island of Ireland after the new jobs are filled.
In 2021, Ernst & Young announced an expansion throughout the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (EY-2021-WO). In addition, Ernst & Young Ireland also announced an expansion (EY-2021-IE).
Eurofound (2022), Ernst & Young Ireland, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107689, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107689.
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