IDA Press Releases

PayPal Announces 1,000 Dundalk Jobs in New International Operations Centre

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Dundalk, 21 February, 2012 – PayPal, the leading global online payments company, and Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD 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.

Significant future opportunities for FDI investment and job creation potential in Ireland’s growing Shared Services Sector

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:01:59 GMT

uesday, 21st February, 2012 -- Shared Services will be a significant engine for increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and has the potential to create and support additional jobs in a sector that already employs over 39,000 people in Ireland – an ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) conference was told today. The conference, which was attended by IDA Ireland, finance professionals and multinational companies such as Accenture, Yahoo, Coca Cola, Hertz and IBM Ireland focused on the significant growth and employment opportunities within the shared services sector based in Ireland.

MasterCard Selects Dublin, Ireland as Location for Global Technologies Office

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:03:39 GMT

DUBLIN Feb. 15 2012 - MasterCard Worldwide (NYSE: MA) today announces a new global office for the company’s technology operations, to be headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The expansion, supported by IDA Ireland, will create an additional 130 highly skilled jobs during the next four years, bringing the total number of people employed in Ireland to approximately 200.

EMC to create cloud innovation centre for SMEs and the public sector in Ireland

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:36 GMT

EMC, with support from Cisco, VMware, VCE and IDA Ireland, is to build a cloud innovation centre, with nodes in EMC’s Centre of Excellence and on government networks. The initiative, called Cloud4Gov, will enable Irish SMEs to develop and test their solutions in the innovation centre and, subsequently, to showcase their solutions, in conjunction with EMC, to public service and enterprise customers

150 new HP R&D roles in Galway and Kildare

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT

HP today announced that IDA Ireland is supporting the recruitment of 150 research and development jobs across its Irish operations to support global markets. Additional to this, HP is planning to create up to 130 new technical and support roles as a result of this expansion.

Abbott to invest €85 million in the expansion of its Sligo pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Abbott plans to invest €85 million at its pharmaceutical manufacturing operation in Sligo. The investment will result in the creation of up to approximately 175 highly skilled jobs. The expansion of the facility will be completed in 2014.

Big Fish Games Rapidly Expanding Cloud Gaming Research at Cork Operation

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Big Fish Games, the category leader in premium casual games with more than 2500 unique titles and 1.5 billion downloads, is continuing to enhance and expand its cloud gaming research and development initiative at its Cork, Ireland operation.