There’s also a drive through being built in Airside Retail Pagk ,Swords!
Obviously us northsiders are fattys!!!!

Good to see some more job opportunities for Arts graduates.

Love the way populist know alls knock McDonalds. I have been made redundant twice in this recession and I reckon the fact I’m now employed in a very turbulent trade is the work ethic I was taught while in Macs in the 90′s. It’s a stepping stone for most but a job that teaches good work practises nonetheless.

I would love to see the Minister for Health Mr O Reilly at the opening ceremony cutting the ribbon and a butting into a big mac. He is a great ad for the large meal option.
He could earn a fortune as the only health minister worldwide to open a Mac Donald’s. I bet O Reilly would do it if the money was right.

I cannot get over the negativity from some comments above. Job creation is job creation – not job losses. We should be thankful- i bet the people who get jobs there will be.

it’s been open for a couple of months now. staff seem to be mainly Irish, not that that matters. as McDonalds goes, it’s not a bad one. I go once a week and the big macs are alright. the first week it was open it seemed that all 70 staff were on at the same time, quite scary when walking into the place. ‘can I take your order’ x70

Am I missing something? Has this not already opened? I’m from the area and it’s been opened a couple of months now, alongside a new KFC which are in spitting distance of each other.. I don’t see how more new jobs are being create as they have already been filled ??

4 of my 5 kids started their working lives there and enjoyed the friends and the money that they earned there. They all went on to college and are now contributing members of society. They learned to show up on time and contribute to the welfare of others. I know that Mds are looked down on by people but they pay well and serve edible food for an affordable price,nobody says that you should eat there every day or atall. Jobs ,jobs are what they have and are what is needed now.praise them and less of the snooty remarks.

They are building a McDonalds at Airside in swords, it opens in a couple of months, another 70 jobs.

its a shame the way the media refer to finglas as ‘junction 5′ countless ads on the radio always say it too.

all the abuse fast food and takeaways get and take from the lettuce eating health brigades and yet without places like McDonald’s we wouldn’t see employment like this!

Grand. It still wouldn’t convince me to eat the stuff, though.

Craving a Mc Chicken Sambo after that article!

It’s interesting how cheap addictive food consumption tends to rise in economic depressions. These fellas are spending billions of dollars on trying to get us to eat shite, and results of that (soaring healthcare costs) are pushed back onto the tax-payers.
We need to introduce taxes on this stuff just as has been done on other public health risks (cigarettes and alcohol). In tandem perhaps put a scheme in place to reduce the costs of fresh food for struggling families.

It’s nice that people will be employed out of this, but it would be better if it was not coming from the profiteering of a huge corporation who are costing our tax-payers money and stressing our health system.

Have we turned yet another corner. It speaks volumes that the announcement of McDonalds jobs makes the news. These must have the jobs Noonan was gifted by his Masters when he slithered off to Bilderberg. Vote YES for McDonald’s jobs..

Obesity creation

I assume unless people increase their food intake existing outlets will be down the equivalent business

It will be interesting to see how many Irish people will be employed here when it opens!

Shit jobs serving shit food. Some smart economy. How bollixd are we when one a company with one of the most employee records is a reason to celebrate.

I can tell you this, and it is my personal experience:
I used to eat at McDonalds regularly.
I had my cholesterol checked.
I stopped eating at McDonalds.
My total cholesterol dropped 100 points.
Yes, that is 100 points, and that is a fact. I will NEVER eat at McDonalds again.
I don’t care how many “jobs they create”. It’s poison.

The heroin trade also creates jobs.

Having a few languages and be willing to work for peanuts will surely get you the job

is the country gone completely mental there id nearly 500.000 people unemployed and mc Donald give 70 people minimum wage jobs and it makes national news come on people get a grip