Computer company Hewlett Packard is creating 60 jobs in Dublin as it consolidates its European operations at its facility in Belfield.
The news follows on from last year's expansion plans for 500 new jobs at its global services desk in March and 50 new jobs in Galway in September.
HP employs over 4,000 across its core business groups in Leixlip, Dublin, Galway and Belfast.
HP Ireland's managing director Martin Murphy said the announcement underlines the company's commitment to the Irish market.
'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,' he said.
He says they are high-level, multi-lingual, technical support jobs supporting Northern European and Benelux countries.
HP benchmarked Ireland against other European locations for these positions and its Irish operation was the most competitive.
The company is looking for a combination of technical support and language skills, skills that HP has already identified as important for Irish graduates. The jobseekers will need languages such as French, Flemish, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian skills.
Mr Murphy said Irish competitiveness is all about developing talent, and that primary and second level education needs to be improved to create the platform for the jobs that HP is trying to bring to Ireland.
