PayPal Hiring a Further 100 Positions at its Dublin Centre

The creation of a further 100 jobs is great news both locally and nationally and it underlines Ireland’s continuing ability to attract high-calibre Foreign Direct Investment.

An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, T.D.

DUBLIN – January 22, 2010 – Global online payments company PayPal today announced the creation of a further 100 new jobs in Customer Service and Operations at its European Centre of Excellence in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The new roles are in addition to the 150 extra jobs announced during 2009.

PayPal currently employs more than 1,100 people at its Blanchardstown site.  Today’s announcement has opened up further opportunities for permanent positions in customer service and operations for individuals fluent in English and a second European language.  More information about these positions can found at www.paypaljobsireland.com.

Commenting on the announcement, Uwe Heddendorp, Vice President PayPal European Operations, said: “It is a great testament to the team here in Dublin that we are able to announce the creation of further jobs at PayPal.  Our European business continues to grow and I am proud to be able to once again support Irish job creation.” 

The Taoiseach, who opened the PayPal European Centre of Excellence in March 2009, said: “I am delighted that PayPal continues to go from strength to strength.  The creation of a further 100 jobs is great news both locally and nationally and it underlines Ireland’s continuing ability to attract high-calibre Foreign Direct Investment.  I want to congratulate PayPal on their latest achievement and wish the company and their staff every good wish for the future.”

Commenting on the announcement, Barry O’Leary, CEO IDA Ireland, said “PayPal’s investment represents a key endorsement from one of the world’s leading online companies, and is further evidence of Ireland’s ability to compete for and win high quality technologically advanced Foreign Direct Investment. This expansion builds on Ireland’s reputation as a global hub for the digital media sector. On behalf of IDA Ireland, I look forward to supporting the continued growth and development of PayPal in the future.”

PayPal’s European Operation Centre opened in Dublin in 2003. Since then the number of staff has increased from just 25 to more than 1,100 today. In 2009, it announced an investment of €15m to support the development of a European Centre of Excellence in Blanchardstown. The Dublin centre manages all direct customer contact for PayPal’s businesses across Europe.

About PayPal

PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 81 million active accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payment service, the Payflow Gateway and Bill Me Later.  The company's open payment platform, PayPal X, allows developers to build innovative payment applications on multiple platforms and devices.  More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com.

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