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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2015
Foreseen end date
1 October 2015
Description
Accenture, the management consultancy firm, is expanding its workforce in Dublin to 2000, with 200 new jobs being advertised. The roles are in cognitive computing, IoT, advanced analytics, security and digital marketing. Earlier in 2015, Accenture announced it was seeking 250 new recruits. The new announcement will likely mean its workforce in Ireland will expand by 25% within the year.
Sources
30 September 2015: Silicon Republic.com
1 October 2015: The Irish Times
1 October 2015: RTE
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Accenture, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 84916, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84916.
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