IDA gives €1m grant to game giant EA

IDA Ireland has provided more than €1.1m in employment grants in little over a year to the expanding Irish arm of computer game giant, Electronic Arts (EA).

The company behind the mega-selling Fifa 17 football game has its Irish subsidiary based in Galway and has some of the most enviable jobs in the multinational sector here, with its quality assurance team engaged in testing the latest games before they go on general release.

Newly-filed accounts for Electronic Arts Ireland Ltd show that numbers employed by the firm in the 53 weeks to April 2 this year increased from 307 to 365.