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THEY maybe one of Ireland’s big- gest employers, but Intel Ireland isn’t too big for a bit of DIY at one local primary school.
Staff from Intel’s factory in Shan- non dropped by Ennis National School on Thursday to help out with a bit of maintenance work.
The school is undergoing a bit of a make over, and as part of Intel’s serv- ice in the community scheme staff were only too happy to help out.
Staff from the electronics firm and parents rolled up their sleeves and got out their paintbrushes and lad- ders for two days last week. David
Casey, Chairperson of the Board of Management at Ennis National, said the school was delighted to receive the support of Intel.
“They do a lot of community schemes and have put an awful lot back into the community in Ireland. We were delighted when we heard they wanted to come along and help out on the day. We do this sort of thing every year, just painting, a few repairs here and there, cutting the hedges things like that. So we are de- lighted to have them here. It’s great that they would come to the school and work with us on this.”
Intel Ireland has two facilities in Ireland located in Leixlip and Shan-
nee
Intel Shannon with more than 160 employees hosts both the Shannon Development Center and the Shan- non Business Center. The Shannon Development Center is the Euro- pean research and development arm of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group (DEG). The site hosts a number of divisions focusing on server chipset, security and communication silicon and software design.
The Shannon Business Center pro- vides business, technical and mar- keting support for European custom- ers and field sales. Shannon is the European base for the embedded businesses of DEG and home to the
technical marketing and business de- velopment teams.
According to the IDA, the Intel Ire- land operation employs 5,000 people CUT ererW hYamr- NaC Mm DOOD usLOlN AAD UI MRC) ITcaN Ooo te ing, technical and operational activi- Woe