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Facebook to create 200 new jobs in Dublin

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Minister Richard Bruton announces 200 New Job at Facebook in Dublin 

Today, Facebook announced that it is creating a further 200 full time jobs in Dublin. The posts will be filled by the end of the year, taking the total number of employees at Facebook’s International Headquarters to 1,500. The new jobs created will be split across a range of business functions, including sales, engineering and online operations. 

Facebook recently doubled the size of its premises in Silicon Docks to over 250,000 square feet which brings the potential to hire up to 2,000 people in total. 

Today’s news follows the company's announcement in January that Clonee, County Meath will be the site for Facebook's newest data centre - the second in Europe and first in Ireland. The long term investment will support hundreds of construction jobs and dozens of long-term operational jobs.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said:

Investments by massive world-leading companies like Facebook bring huge advantages for Ireland. Not only does 200 direct jobs within Facebook mean hundreds of extra jobs in the local economy through supply and services companies, but these investments have huge knock-on impacts for the start-up community and for our ability to attract more multinational investment. In recent years we have seen record successes in this area and today’s announcement is another massive boost. I wish Gareth and all the team every success with this project.

Full details of all jobs currently advertised for Dublin and Clonee sites.