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PayPal Announces 1,000 Dundalk Jobs
Taoiseach Enda Kenny today announced the creation of 1,000 jobs over the next four years at PayPal’s new European Operations Centre in Dundalk, Co Louth. The jobs are supported by Government through IDA Ireland.
The new Dundalk Operations Centre will open in July 2012. It will be eBay Inc.’s third site in Ireland, complementing PayPal and eBay locations in Dublin.
The PayPal centres in Dublin and Dundalk will be responsible for customer service, risk prevention, financial operations, merchant services and sales across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
In a joint announcement with PayPal, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said:
Today's announcement by PayPal of 1,000 new jobs is great news for Ireland and for the northeast. This is a great signal of confidence in Ireland and in our talented workforce. It is a clear recognition of the opportunities that Ireland offers global leaders like PayPal. Our Action Plan on Jobs published last week will help to ensure that this is just the first of many similar anouncements over the coming year.
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton said:
PayPal is not only a world-leading company but also an innovator which continually breaks new ground in how we do business online. Today’s announcement is fantastic news for the Irish economy and for hundreds of families around Dundalk. This government is determined to ensure that thousands more families around the country will get news like this over the coming years.
Watch the Q&A sesion from the announcement here:
Read the Taoiseach's full speech from the event here.