Chinese telecoms giant to create 50 jobs in Ireland

A Chinese company which has overtaken Ericsson as the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment is to create 50 jobs here.

Huawei, which was founded in 1988 and has more than 140,000 employees worldwide, has announced it’s to create the jobs in new research and development (R&D) centres in Cork city and Dublin.

The majority of the jobs will be created in Cork. The county got a second boost yesterday with the announcement that Ballingeary-based information-management company Bárd na nGleann is to create a further 35 positions for people developing user guides, manuals and help systems.