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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
5 October 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Tech firm IBM is creating 110 new jobs across its labs in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The new jobs are in cloud, collaboration, human resources and analytics software roles. The company already employs 3000 people in Ireland, first setting up operations in the country in 1958. The job expansion is supported by IDA Ireland, and was welcomed by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation.
Sources
29 September 2015: RTE
30 September 2015: Silicon Republic.com
Citation
Eurofound (2015), IBM, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 84878, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84878.
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