Internet giants Yahoo and McAfee set to hire 260 people at Irish bases

Internet technology giants Yahoo and McAfee are to hire 260 people over the next few years.

Yahoo yesterday said it would be adding 200 jobs at its Dublin operations centre while online security firm McAfee said 60 jobs are to be filled by the end of next year at its European headquarters in Cork.

Yahoo said it was already hiring for positions in customer support, technology, operations, human resources, and finance, with successful applicants helping the company’s business across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.