Medical app developer 3D4Medical plans 70 new hires over the next 18 months at its new headquarters in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

The employment expansion is being part-funded by taxpayers through Enterprise Ireland.

3D4Medical, led by founder John Moore (pictured) specialises in the development of medical applications for professional reference as well as student and patient education. The new jobs will be for software developers, 3D graphic artists and medical writers and experts.

Jobs minister Richard Bruton commented: “Health technology is an area which we have specifically targeted as part of our Action Plan for Jobs, as we have massive advantages in this area as a country due to our established cluster of world-leading technology and health companies.”

John Moore said: “As an Irish company we are delighted to be in a position to further build our research and development and technical teams from Dublin. We are committed to developing world leading products and this focus on innovation has already brought us phenomenal success across the globe with our apps being downloaded over 12 million times.”

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3D4Medical’s medical applications for the iPhone, iPad and desktop are aimed at the medical profession. The company recently featured as part of the global launch of Apple’s new iPad Pro in San Francisco, which demonstrated their new platform Complete Anatomy.

3D4Medical also has offices in Poland, Russia and San Diego.