Two American companies are to create 260 new jobs in Dublin and Cork over the next 12 months. The internet company Yahoo will later today announce that it will add 200 new jobs in Dublin.
The company has already started recruiting for customer support, technology, operations, HR and finance which will support its business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Yahoo! opened in Dublin in 2003 and provides customer care, technical and operational support, and finance-related services for the region.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said "Today's announcement that Yahoo!, one of the biggest brand names on the internet, is expanding its operations in Dublin and more than doubling its workforce here with the creation of 200 jobs is great news and further evidence that the plan is working".
Ireland 'ensures supply of highly qualified people'
While the security software company McAfee plans to add 60 jobs. It is to establish what it calls is a world-wide centre of excellence for enterprise security solutions in Cork.
The firm says an enterprise engineering group is being established as a dedicated engineering team to provide fast, efficient engineering responses to sales opportunities for the company.
It says it will create a number of small specialised engineering teams in Cork that will be responsible for designing and building new features for its key enterprise customers.
McAfee Co-President is Mike DeCesare. "Ireland has a favourable demographic and a quality education system that ensures a plentiful supply of highly qualified people with excellent technical, language and customer service capabilities. We appreciate the strong partnership we have with the Irish government as it has enabled us to remain agile in a competitive business environment" he said.
McAfee is a subsidiary of Intel and deliver security solutions and services for systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world.
The two projects are backed by the IDA and will be announced by Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the US later on today. Mr. Kenny and and the Chief Executive of IDA Ireland Barry O'Leary will hold private meetings with executives from both companies.
