IBM to create 800 jobs in Dublin, Cork and Waterford over three years

Taoiseach Simon Harris with Deborah Threadgold, IBM country general manager, James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice-president and chief financial officer and Michael Lohan, the IDA Ireland chief executive. Photograph: Maxwells

The talent pool in the Republic – home to the highest number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates per capita in the– was one of the tech giant’s key considerations, said James Kavanaugh, senior vice-president and chief financial officer at IBM. Mr Harris welcomed the announcement, “which not only reinforces the company’s deep-rooted commitment to Ireland as a strategic location but is also set to deliver real impact to the Irish economy through job creation and by strengthening specialist skills and expertise”.

Last November, it announced a new training programme to help boost skills in AI over the next three years, targeting two million learners globally by the end of 2026. The Irish programme will be led initially bySeparately on Wednesday, an Oireachtas committee heard the Republic has an opportunity to establish itself as a global leader in AI development but that the technology has the potential to be “massively disruptive” unless the wider workforce is reskilled.

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