IBM hub to create up to 300 jobs

IBM IS to create 200-300 jobs at its Dublin-based technology campus with the opening of a new global services integration hub in Mulhuddart.

The jobs boost for the area comes after Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton met IBM executives on a recent trip to the US.

“Central to this Government’s plan for jobs and growth is developing and deepening the impact of major foreign companies here, and targeting sectors such as technology where we have developed major strengths over recent decades,” Mr Bruton said.

“In recent months we have seen some major successes in attracting new investment from multinationals. This decision by IBM, one of the world’s leading technology companies, that it is locating more innovative operations here with the creation of several hundred jobs, is great news for west Dublin and Ireland.”

The multinational currently employs more than 3,000 in Dublin, Cork and Galway, dividing its activities between research and software development, and services. The company has based its European sales and services support centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin. It employs about 433,000 people worldwide.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said it was “most welcome news”, and was one of several recent investment announcements from firms such as Apple and Cisco that proved the value of economic stability in attracting investment. “It also demonstrates the value of Ireland’s position in Europe when it comes to our ability to attract overseas investment,” he said.