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Minister Cummins with Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke and IBM General Manager in Ireland, Nathan Cullen.
The leading global technology company IBM has announced its plans to create 75 new jobs in Waterford this week.
As part of the company's plans to expand its footprint in Ireland, IBM will be hiring up to 75 software engineers dedicated to research and development (R&D) based in the county.
In addition to this increase in R&D functions in Waterford, IBM will be collaborating with the South East Technological University to develop a technical skills ecosystem with a focus on mainframes and Linux.
The Waterford-based software engineers will closely collaborate with IBM's R&D teams across the world, from designing processors and firmware to software development and advancing the Linux operating system.
This week's announcement has been widely welcomed by Waterford and the South East.
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Fine Gael TD and Minister of State John Cummins met with IBM Ireland General Manager, Nathan Cullen along with Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke in recent days to discuss job creation in the South East.
Commenting on IBM's announcement, Minister Cummins said: "In recent days I met with IBM about their plans for job creation here in Waterford and I heard first-hand about the success the company is having in the county.
"This investment is a strong endorsement of the South-East region’s growing reputation as a hub for innovation and advanced technology and is a hugely positive development which underscores Ireland and Waterford’s attractiveness as a location for businesses to invest in and to expand R&D operations."
He added: "More jobs and further collaboration with SETU will have a positive knock-on effect for our communities, local businesses, education and attracts further investment in the South East.
"This is a really exciting opportunity and I want to commend IBM, IDA Ireland and Minister Burke for their work to deliver these new high-quality jobs.
"I am looking forward to further announcements in the time ahead."
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