Morgan McKinley is to create 80 jobs in Ireland as part of a global recruitment drive that will see them taking on 300 new employees worldwide.

The recruitment firm said the new roles, which will be based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford, include both junior and senior consultant positions.

Morgan McKinley, which employs over 800 people in 10 countries, including 270 in Ireland, said it had seen 20 per cent year-on-year growth this year .

In Ireland, the company specialises in a number of sectors including accounting and finance, banking and financial services, engineering, IT, HR, sales and marketing and tax.