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StreamServe, a leading provider of business communications solutions, is to establish an inside sales and customer care operation in Galway, creating 20 jobs, with the support of the Government through IDA Ireland.

The company will initially employ 20 people at the Galway operation in areas such as sales, maintenance renewals, and customer care operations, servicing both the US and EMEA markets.

Announcing the move Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said: “This investment is great news for Galway and the west region in particular. It is a positive endorsement from an industry leading software company that Ireland can provide the necessary skills and pro-business policies to assist companies such as StreamServe’s rapidly growing international business.”

Ireland’s largest bookmaker Paddy Power has today announced it is to create 250 jobs in Dublin over the next three years.

The company this morning announced plans to enter into the French online sports betting market though a new outsourcing contract, a move which willl lead to the creation of 50 new jobs at its Tallaght headquarters.

The jobs are in the areas of technology, risk management and quantitative analysis and are expected to be filled by next summer.

The firm, which currently employs 640 staff said it intends to create a further 200 high end jobs over the next three years at its Tallaght facility.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen welcomed today’s announcement, saying that it showed “that the smart economy is not a pipedream, but something that is happening all around us.”

Paddy Power, which generates over 50 per cent of its profits from outside of Ireland, is one of the largest online bookmakers in the UK and the biggest in Australia since its acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Sportsbet in May of this year.

The company said it intends to enter the French online sports betting market through an outsourcing contract with PMU, the largest bookmaker’s organisation in Europe with some 10,000 retail outlets.

As part of the deal, Paddy Power will manage risk and pricing for PMU’s new online sports betting business for the five year period from 2010 as PMU expands into the market.

Our partnership with PMU further confirms our ability to build a leading international business out of Dublin, sustaining and creating Irish jobs,” said Paddy Power chief executive Patrick Kennedy.

Separately, the company said today that turnover has grown strongly during the 19 week period from July1st to November 10th.

In a trading update, Paddy Power said it is confident of meeting the current market consensus for 2009 diluted EPS of approximately 113 cent.

“Turnover has grown strongly in the period, assisted by greater customer winnings in 2009, the high level of race cancellations in August and September 2008 and continued market share growth. Sporting results overall in the period were adverse, although all channels experienced gross win percentages above their expected ranges since the start of October,” it said.

The firm said non-retail and retail sportsbook amounts staked grew by 24 per cent and 11 per cent respectively during the period under review, however the growth rates fell as expected during October as a result in improved gross win percentages.

The group had net cash of €75million at the end of October, excluding its Sportsbet stake. The consolidation of the company’s Australian subsidiaries added further gross cash of €20 million and third party debt primarily related to the acquisition of IAS by Sportsbet of €18 million.

Satellite Broadband Ireland will create 30 new jobs as a result of a contract from mobile group 3 Ireland. Satellite Broadband Ireland is based in Mullingar and was established in 2008. The company currently employs 10 people at its headquarters in Mullingar.

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FACEBOOK announced that it would create 70 new jobs in Ireland next year as it expanded its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new roles will be across sales, engineering and finance.

BSB today marked the launch of its Irish subsidiary which will create 20 new jobs. The Financial software firm hope to tap into the lucrative life insurance sector. After Ireland the company hopes to target UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said: “BSB’s decision to base its operations in Ireland will not only create jobs in the short term, but reinforces Ireland’s competitive reputation in the broader market.”

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The new roles will be created across business disciplines and jobs will include multi-lingual finance, sales and marketing, technical support, product release engineers and software industry professionals.

It is expected that 900 jobs will be created through a major development at the Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas. The 2nd phase of development will start with an investment worth €135m