Cowen: 500 HP jobs a vote of confidence in Ireland

THE announcement of 500 new jobs in Kildare by technology giant Hewlett-Packard was “a vote of confidence” in Ireland as an investment location, Taoiseach Brian Cowen insisted yesterday.

At least 300 people will be employed immediately in research and development as well as multilingual technical support jobs at the Leixlip plant.

A further 200 jobs will be created over the next 12 months.