Athlone Jobs Boost As Huawei Is To Invest €70M In Research & Development

Huawei is to invest €70 million in research and development at its operations in Athlone, Cork and Dublin over the next three years.

Huawei is to invest €70 million in research and development at its operations in Athlone, Cork and Dublin over the next three years.

The company, which employees 250 people in Ireland, will focus on video, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

The former Communications Minister Denis Naughten says it will create a jobs boost which will be felt across the region.

The Independent deputy says the area is fast becoming a Silicon Heartland for Ireland:

The Roscommon-Galway TD also feels the government’s decision to designate Athlone as potential new city is helping attract job investments into the midlands.

The town is set to have a bigger percentage of the workforce employed in software development than any other town or city in Ireland or the UK.

Deputy Naughten is urging students to consider the software sector as a future career:

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