Irish Rail is hiring up to 80 train drivers as part of a new recruitment campaign.
The national transport firm is encouraging women to consider driving roles, with an increasing number of women in recent trainee classes. Recent drivers have come from a diverse range of careers from banking to airlines, from defence forces to archaeology and much more.
The roles will be based at locations including Dublin (DART, Connolly and Heuston), Cork, Limerick, Galway, Portlaoise, and Waterford. The news comes as part of an investment programme which will see rail services grow over the coming years.
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This includes:
- A record fleet investment, with 185 carriages of the largest, most sustainable rail fleet investment in Irish history on order, and up to 750 carriages planned over the coming decade
- The DART+ Programme, set to treble the electrification and double the capacity of the Greater Dublin Area, with infrastructure works to extend the DART to Maynooth / M3 Parkway, Drogheda and Hazelhatch
- Major investment confirmed in rail services for our regional cities, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford
- An ambitious strategy to increase the number of freight trains five-fold
- Network investment to improve speeds and service frequency on the Intercity network
Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann, Jim Meade said: “Iarnród Éireann is a dynamic organisation, which offers excellent progression opportunities. With the planned expansion of services as part of the National Development Plan, it is an exciting time to become part of a growing organisation. We are also seeing great interest in careers in Iarnród Éireann from a range of backgrounds – we are a diverse and inclusive employer, and in particular we urge more women to apply for driver roles, and are encouraged by the increasing interest from women in recent recruitment drives."
You can find out more about how to apply for a train driver role on the Irish Rail website.
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