Furniture giant Ikea has opened a new store in Dublin, which will see 100 local jobs created in the city. Restaurant work at the chain's in-store eatery will also be available as part of the recruitment drive, following high customer demand in its first month of trading, reports the Irish Times.An average of 15,500 people per day have visited the store since it opened on July 27th and last week alone its restaurant served up more than 137,000 meatballs. The new jobs will initially be filled on a temporary basis with a two-month contract, which the firm said will be extended if the current level of demand is maintained.
Currently 500 people are employed at the store, with 280 entry-level local jobs being made available when it first opened. At the end of the 2008 financial year, there were 253 Ikea Group stores in 24 countries that were visited by 565 million customers.
