Midlands Ireland jobs and careers

About Midlands Ireland

The Midlands of Ireland is a thriving, vibrant region with opportunities for living, learning, enterprise and tourism. Encompassing the counties of Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath. We are on of Irelands youngest and fastest-growing regions, home to 324,600 people. Midlands Ireland is part of the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan Pathway to Just Transition Programme which is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme 2021-2027. The Midlands is the most connected region in Ireland, bordering five of the other seven regions in the state. With strong infrastructure connections on the M4, M6, M7, M8 and M9 motorways, as well as a network of railway lines and bus services, the Midlands Region has a dynamic and connected core with links to coastal cities and the international markets with ease of accessibility to international airports and ports. The Midlands centrality provides access to a highly engaged workforce with nearly 1,200,000 members of the labour force within 60-minutes’ drive of the 5 key towns, of Athlone, Longford, Mullingar, Portlaoise and Tullamore. The Midlands has a younger demographic than the national average with almost 50% of people under 35 years of age