Entertainment & Media

Who are the key players in Ireland?

• The search engine Google was founded in 1998 by Stanford University PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google’s mission is to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

  

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  eBay European Customer Support Centre based in Dublin

  eBay is the world’s leading online marketplace for the sale of goods and services by individuals and businesses. In 2004 eBay announced that it would locate its second European Customer Support Centre in Dublin, Ireland. The presence of a company such as eBay in Dublin confirms Ireland’s position as a leading location in Europe for the digital business sector.

• PayPal’s International Headquarters Located in Dublin

  PayPal, the market leader and provider of secure payment services used in online transactions opened its International Headquarters in Dublin in 2004. PayPal chose Dublin due to its abundant supply of people with skills and experience in the technical and financial services industries and because of its excellent business and technology infrastructure. The company is also providing many young people with the welcome opportunity to work in a major multinational corporation offering excellent employment in a modern and progressive environment.

  PayPal recently cemented its long term commitment to Ireland with an investment of more than €15 million and the opening of a new European Centre for Operational Excellence, which will result in the creation of up to 35 highly-skilled jobs in Operational Excellence and Business Analytics at its Dublin facility.

  

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  GOA supports online gaming across Europe from Ireland

  GOA, the online games division of Orange, announced in 2008 the establishment of its Multilingual Customer and Operations Support Centre in Dublin. In 2006 GOA signed an exclusive contract with Mythic Entertainment, a leading developer of online computer games including Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR). GOA’s office in Dublin will support WAR and its portfolio of other games in 5 languages across all of Europe.

• Getty Images run international headquarters from Dublin

  Getty Images, the international stock photo, editorial, footage and music service established its International (non-US) headquarters in Dublin in 2007. The Dublin operation has the responsibility for ingesting all images into the Getty collection and managing the company’s network of 35 subsidiary companies internationally. Getty’s dedication to pioneering digital media and bringing creative ideas to life fitted with Ireland as a location able to provide a highly skilled and creative workforce.