A Highly Skilled Workforce

Offaly has a population of 64,000 and employers have access to a mobile, skilled workforce from the region as a whole, which has a population of over 300,000 people. The county's strategic location and growing enterprise sector attracts workers from the surrounding counties on a daily basis. Offaly is well served with professional recruitment consultants and government employment initiatives.


The region’s third level college is the Athlone Institute of Technology, which caters for 5,000 students. Offaly students have convenient access to Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, University College Galway, Carlow Institute of Technology, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth and University of Limerick.


According to Michael O’Neill, Regional Director of Isotron “Our experience has been consistently one of loyal and experienced people living in good quality and affordable houses close by their place of work. In our thirteenth year in Tullamore, we continue to avail of the plentiful supply of high quality science and other graduates. Within our 60+ strong team, we now have over 30 dedicated scientists, engineers and technologists.”


Peter Callan, CEO of Sennheiser GHBH in Tullamore concurs on the quality of the Offaly workforce: "The initiative and flexibility of our employees has enabled the Irish plant to significantly expand our range of operations here. Thanks to the commitment and entrepreneurial attitude of our people, Sennheiser Ireland has developed into a strategic Centre of Excellence within the Sennheiser Group."