Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin, Cork and Galway
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2022
Foreseen end date

Description

Tech multinational IBM has announced the recruitment of 200 people at its Irish offices in Dublin, Cork, and Galway. New roles will be in IT, R&D, digital sales, software development, digital security, and software engineering. The company specialising in cloud and artificial intelligence technologies aims to enhance its research, development, and innovation operations. Recruitment is already underway and is expected to be completed in the next months.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar and IDA Ireland welcomed the jobs announcement.

IBM operates in Ireland since 1956 and employs more than 3,000 people here.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2022), IBM, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 106342, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106342.