With Worldwide TechServices (WWTS) having planned to set up its European headquarters in Limerick, 62 new high-quality jobs will be created at the Riverpoint development in the city centre. WWTS offers solutions for a wide array of technologies and customers in the IT markets in over 80 countries.

The new base of WWTS - which has over 3,000 employees worldwide - will become operational by the middle of next week; and the company has already started the recruitment for the new jobs, which chiefly will be in HR, Finance and other areas of support functions.

With the investment in WWTS' new headquarters being supported by IDA Ireland and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton - Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation - recently made the announcement about the company's new base in Limerick; and said that he was looking forward to the growth of the company in Ireland.

Meanwhile, about the reasons behind WWTS' decision to select Limerick as the location for its new European headquarters, Donna Martin Bruton - chief operations officer at WWTS - said that the city has an "excellent skills base."

In addition, Martin also said that Limerick was chosen for the new operation because of its "established technology cluster and connectivity to the Boston area and excellent reach capacity into mainland Europe."