Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney TD and IDA Ireland welcomed IBM’s launch of a multi-year training programme across its research and digital sales teams in Ireland, intended to be worth more than €10 million (approximately $10.9 million) over approximately five years. The programme is supported by the Government of Ireland through IDA Ireland, according to IDA Ireland’s announcement.
As part of IBM’s “reimagined workforce” initiative, the company plans to hire approximately 35 pre-PhD research candidates to work at IBM Research in Dublin, training across AI, quantum computing, information security, and accelerated discovery. The pre-PhD programme is run in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.
IDA Ireland CEO Michael Lohan said the investment aligns with IDA Ireland’s Transformation pillar. IBM is also contributing to Ireland’s quantum research and development through collaborations with research institutions, multinationals, and indigenous companies through its IBM Quantum Network.