The ESB is set to create up to 3,700 contract jobs as part of a stimulus plan based around renewable energy.

New staff will be hired on a contract basis for specific projects and will not become direct ESB employees. As part of the scheme 800 apprentices will be trained over the next five years, including 400 FÁS apprentices who lost their jobs in the slump.

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