06/02/2017

Up To 60 New Jobs For Waterford

Up to 60 new jobs are to be created in Limerick by Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions.

Red Hat are creating the jobs as part of an investment package of €12.7 million, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O'Connor and Minister of State for Training, Skills & Innovation John Halligan have announced.

The project is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation through IDA Ireland.

Making the announcement in Waterford today, Minister O'Connor said: "This is terrific news for Waterford and the South East and I warmly welcome the creation of up to 60 high value R&D jobs which Red Hat has committed to create here over the next four years. This investment of €12.7m shows the confidence Red Hat has in its Waterford staff and also in its ability to source highly skilled workers. This is a great day for Waterford and the South East region."

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