Californian Internet search engine firm Google has revealed plans to create 600 new jobs in Dublin over the next three years. The company has already set up its European headquarters in the same capital city, which now acts as a local hub for sales, engineering and support services. Google said it already employs around 800 people in Europe.
Meanwhile, Scotts Valley, California-based Seagate, best known as a manufacturer of hard-disk drives, is looking to invest around $147m (83m pounds) across the border in British-controlled Northern Ireland. The investment includes a $44m (25m pound) government funding grant. The move will result in 300 new jobs at the company’s two existing plants located in Springtown and Limavady.
Seagate said the expansion will make Springtown its global main manufacturing facility.
Seagate has used Northern Ireland as a base to develop disk drives since 1993, and now employs over 2,000 people in the province.
