Unemployed accountants, bankers and architects have applied for jobs in a new branch of McDonald's in Ennis.The professionals sought the 'McJobs' in the Clare capital where unemployment has soared by 73pc over the past year. Kieran McDermott, the franchisee at the new fast-food restaurant, said yesterday: "It's no joke." "We've had applications from bankers, accountants and architects to work at the Ennis outlet. I had to do a double-take on the CVs."
Mr McDermott told the Irish Independent newspaper that he had to remove a 'Now Hiring' banner on the site of the new restaurant after 10 days. "In 10 days, we had 500 job applications. The jobs were advertised nowhere else except for the banner we put up," he said. McDonald's is one of the few companies expanding, and it has plans to open 240 new outlets in Europe creating 12,000 jobs.
