HP to create 60 new jobs with Irish expansion

Hewlett-Packard is to create 60 new jobs at its Global Solutions Centre in Belfield, Dublin, it was announced this morning.

HP said it was consolidating its European operations at its facility in Belfield, to provide high level technical support to its customer base across Northern Europe and the Benelux countries.

HP employs over 4,000 people across its core business groups in Leixlip, Dublin, Galway and Belfast

"Today's announcement underlines HP's commitment to the Irish market and further embeds our operations here," said Martin Murphy, Managing Director of HP Ireland.

"We are also encouraged by the fact that Ireland is making some positive inroads in terms of wage and salary competitiveness thus resulting in greater ability to vie for these types of positions."

"We continue to be encouraged by the calibre of Irish graduates who have the necessary humanities and technical skills to fill the types of roles created," Mr Murphy added.

"In essence, having the necessary fluency in varied European languages is as important today as ever."

Recruitment of the 60 positions commences this week with advertisements appearing across national press.