Tesco, the supermarket chain, has created more than ninety jobs at its outlet in east Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Tesco has received around 1,500 applications for the aforesaid jobs.

Tesco in Knocknagoney, which has been expanded from 52,000 to 78,000 sq ft, had absorbed supermarket chain's extra staff.

Gary Mills, director of Tesco Northern Ireland also informed that during the past six-month period Tesco's three Extra stores in Northern Ireland at Carrickfergus, Newtownbreda and now Knocknagoney had taken on 275 people. 

Tesco's Northern Ireland supermarkets have a workforce of around 9,500 people.

Speaking about company's current move, Gary Mills said, "This consolidates our position as Northern Ireland's largest private employer of local people."