An Irish online portal for remote and flexible careers, Abodoo, is aiming to create 1,000 jobs in the south-east region by encouraging employers to hire remote workers. This was announced at an event for regional business-leaders in Gorey last night.
 
The company is headquartered in Gorey and has attracted support from open eir and the IDA.  It launched in Ireland last month, with plans to launch in the UK in the coming months and to expand globally next year.
 
Speaking this week, Co-founder of Abodoo, Vanessa Tierney said, "We have set the ambitious goal of getting one thousand people employed across the south-east region through the Abodoo platform. We anticipate this will be a combination of skilled people who are currently unemployed but want to return to work, and people in employment who no longer want the exhausting commute to Dublin. We will achieve this goal by encouraging up to 100 companies to hire an average of 10 skilled remote workers each. These will be people living in the south-east region, who can either work from home or from a co-working hub like the Hatch Lab in Gorey, where we are based ourselves."

Source: www.businessworld.ie