IBM to create 800 jobs across Ireland in AI push

The new roles will spread across Cork, Dublin, and Waterford. 

(Left to right) Taoiseach Simon Harris with IBM country manager Deborah Threadgold, IBM chief financial officer James Kavanaugh, and chief executive of IDA Ireland Michael Lohan.

The country's beleaguered tech sector has been given a boost with news that 800 jobs are to be created by IBM in Cork, Dublin and Waterford.

The US tech giant said the new roles will be created over the next three years at its sites in Dublin and Cork as well as at one of its subsidiaries, Red Hat, in Waterford.