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Chapter 1: What are the details of Mark Carney's visit to Ireland?
The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has touched down in Ireland in the last couple of minutes for the start of a two-day visit to the country.
Our chief reporter, Barry White, joins us now from Dublin Airport. Barry, you can't fault his timekeeping, that's for sure.
Yeah, Ciara, good morning. Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, has literally just touched down at Dublin Airport in the last few minutes where he was greeted by, on the runway, by the Taoiseach, Miho Martin, and his wife. Mr. Carney has arrived from Paris where he met French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday.
In France, the two leaders agree to deepen defense and industrial cooperation and expand the sharing of classified information as Canada looks to strengthen its ties with Europe amid ongoing uncertainty over US trade policy. This visit to Ireland is actually his 15th visit to Europe. since he became Canadian Prime Minister.
And speaking in Paris after those talks yesterday, Mr Carney said the agreements would strengthen cooperation in areas including defence, space, artificial intelligence and aerospace.
Businesses in both of our countries are doing more together in energy, defence, critical minerals and now in AI. And to deepen our defense and industrial cooperation today, the President and I are advancing a new General Security of Information Agreement. What this means is an ability to exchange classified information between our defense, our space, our AI, and aerospace sectors.
I was honoured to attend, and I said at that meeting that I believe that the next world order will likely be built out of Europe, and Canada will be part of that effort. In security, as the first non-European member to join SAFE, as the President mentioned, under his leadership, Canada is a key member of the coalition of willing to support Ukraine. In critical minerals,
working with Minister Le Secours as a reliable supplier to our core European partners, working with our European partners to expand our collective strategic capabilities from energy to hardware, intelligence infrastructure and space. Working together, Canada, France and Europe are poised to be a powerful force for good in the century ahead.
So as you say, Barry, the 15th visit to Europe since he became Prime Minister of Canada back in March 2025. So there's clear signals there that Canada wants closer ties with Europe. What then is on the agenda for the rest of the weekend?
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Chapter 2: How does Canada's investment impact Ireland's economy?
Tomorrow, he'll travel to the county of Mayo, where his grandparents were born before they emigrated to Quebec in 1925. From Mayo, he'll head to the G7 summits, where he'll come face to face once again with the US President Donald Trump.
Relations between Canada and the United States remain strained, with President Trump repeating this week that America does not need Canadian goods and resources anymore.
OK, so it's clear he's going to get quite a cold reception from the US President Donald Trump, but a warm reception, I would imagine, when he goes to Mayo tomorrow, as huge as JFK, as some of the locals in Mayo are saying. But this visit also, Barry, coincides with a major investment announcement from a Canadian technology company, as they normally do.
I'm live on the radio. That's right, Keira. Canadian software giant OpenTex has announced plans to create 400 new jobs in Ireland as part of a 105 million euro investment over the next three years.
The new positions will be based at the company's operations in Cork and Galway and will focus on some of the fastest growing areas of the technology sector, including artificial intelligence and cyber security. OpenTex already employs more than 150 people in Cork. and the company is also exploring new partnerships with Irish universities.
The investment is being supported by the IDA Ireland and is being seen as another boost for Ireland's growing reputation as a center for trusted enterprise AI. Earlier, I spoke to Shannon Bell, Executive Vice President of OpenTex. I began by asking her why the company is expanding its presence in Ireland.
OpenText is making an announcement of 105 million euro investment, which translates into 400 jobs here in Ireland, largely in technology, AI, cybersecurity and Sovereign Cloud. The jobs are going to be located in our Centre of Excellence in Cork, as well as supporting jobs in Galway and the broader Ireland region.
Why Cork and Galway? Is there any reason in particular?
So we have existing offices in Cork today that do a lot of our technology development. So we're expanding our presence in Cork more than doubling it.
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We similarly have presence in Galway today for some of our supporting roles. So we're looking to expand our centres that we have today and then grow in Ireland.
Tell us about the company and what kind of jobs these will be then.
OpenText does secure data for AI. And so our focus has always been on delivering technology solutions to our clients globally. Half of our clients, half of our revenue comes from EU. And these jobs specifically are going to be technology focused on AI. development, operations, and supporting our clients in EU, mainly in the areas of AI, cybersecurity, and sovereign cloud.
400 jobs now, quite a significant investment. Is this the future? Could we see the company create more jobs in the future in Ireland?
We are excited about the opportunity in Ireland. It's more than doubling our presence here. And we certainly see a huge talent pool that can support our growth in technology. And we look at it as a center that will continue to grow in the future.
Ireland's been a great location for us in terms of technology, having access to skills, fantastic universities, and also a great location for us to support our EU business. It's been a natural partner for OpenText. We started our location here in 2010.
And tell us about the jobs. Are these high-end jobs? Can you reveal anything about the salaries?
Not in terms of salaries, but definitely the roles are a mix of roles, but senior development roles, leadership roles in our Cork Centre, and then some roles for new grads as we build at all levels of the talent lifecycle.
And just finally, do you think Canadian companies will be looking at Ireland to create jobs going into the future?
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