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AOL are seeking a further 20 software engineers to join their Media Technology, Advertising Technology and Patch teams in Dublin. They are aiming to fill the posts as soon as possible and plan to begin interviews within the next couple of weeks. They had a strong response to their last recruitment drive in June and are confident they can find the right people with the skill set we need.

The new jobs are all high value experienced professional software engineering positions, suitable for candidates with Java qualifications. Opportunities are available for both senior and intermediately experienced recruits, with industry experience ranging between five to eight and two to four years respectively. Successful candidates will have excellent opportunities for travel within AOL’s global network of companies and enjoy highly attractive benefits as part of their packages.

AOL has been based in Dublin for the past 10 years and currently employs 133 people. Dublin is its development engine for Europe and works alongside its sister Development Centres in San Francisco, Dulles, New York, Bangalore and Frankfurt. The Company announced in June that it plans to move to a new headquarters in Dublin City Centre.

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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

Online payment giant PayPal has announced it is to create 100 new jobs at its Dublin facility.

The firm, which currently employs 950 people at its European Centre of Excellence in Blanchardstown, is to expand its customer service operations, recruiting candidates with fluent English and a second European language.

PayPal opened its European operations centre in Dublin in 2003, when it employed just 25 people. This latest recruitment round will bring to 1050 the number of people working for the eBay subsidiary in Ireland. The Dublin centre manages all direct customer contact for PayPal’s businesses across Europe.

Six months ago the Taoiseach Brian Cowen officially opened PayPal’s European Centre of Excellence, at which time the firm announced it would invest USD15 million to support the development of its Irish operations. The Taoiseach has welcomed the new jobs saying they represent “a major vote of confidence in Ireland as a location for investment”.

Just under half (45 percent) of PayPal’s revenue comes from its international business, with the bulk of this revenue coming from PayPal’s European markets. PayPal processed more than USD15 billion in total payments volume (TPV) in Europe in 2008.

The Government is keen to enhance Ireland’s reputation as an ideal investment location for global multinationals. This announcement from such a high profile company as PayPal will serve as positive affirmation of Ireland’s potential and should be seen as a welcome advertisement for Ireland Inc.

Finnish company Tecnotree (formerly Tecnoman) has announced that it will be seeking 80 redundancies from a total of 141 employees in Shannon. Staff cuts are due to the current economic conditions and a reduction in demand for its products and services. The company supplies business and operations support systems for telecom operators.

Aer Lingus cut 676 jobs.

Aer Lingus announced that it will cut 676 jobs in a bid to reduce annual costs by almost €100m before 2011. 489 jobs will be cut from amongst its pilots, cabin crew and ground staff. The other 187 jobs will be office operations by the end of 2011.

GE Money expected to cut 50 jobs

It is expected that 50 jobs will be lost at the GE Money based at Shannon as a result of a company restructuring. The company which employs 178 staff in Shannon is involved in the sale of financial products including insurance, mortgages, car and personal loans, financial brokerage and equipment finance leasing.

Microsoft has opened a new “mega datacentre” in west Dublin to support growing demand for online services, the first such centre opened outside the US.

The centre is part of the company’s strategy to build its cloud computing capacity and network infrastructure to meet the demand generated from its Online, Live, and Cloud services, such as Bing, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite, Windows Live, and the Windows Azure platform.

The 303,000 square-foot facility represents an investment of $500 million. Microsoft representatives said up to 35 jobs could be created as a result of the new centre.

The company is not publicising the exact location of the centre, citing security reasons.

Speaking at the centre’s official opening, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said economy needed dynamic, innovative companies to help rebuild the economy.

“We envisage a high-value, export-led economy with companies creating the products and services of tomorrow and providing high quality employment for our people,” he said.

Microsoft International president Jean-Philippe Courtois said the opening of the new centre was a “milestone” in the company’s European investment and would provide critical infrastructure for local delivery of next generation online services for businesses and consumers.

The new services provided in the Irish economy by the centre will help drive efficiency and cost gains fro businesses here, Microsoft Ireland’s managing director Paul Rellis said.

“The opportunity that the cloud represents to cut costs and completely transform how information technology is run within organisations is something that could have a significant impact on the overall economic recovery efforts,” he said.

“A healthy indigenous business community will be at the heart of our future economic success. Already we have some of Ireland’s brightest innovators and entrepreneurs who are working with us through the BizSpark programme – engaged and involved with the cloud. I would encourage all organisations of all sizes to look at the potential that this new platform offers and to consider how they might take advantage of it within their own operations.”

SuccessFactors to create 40 new jobs in Dublin

A global provider of talent management software will establish its European Multilingual Business Centre in Dublin creating 40 high-value jobs in Ireland. The new centre will be located in Dundrum and will service customers in the small and medium-size markets.

Teleperformance to create 240 jobs in Dublin & Newry

French-owned call centre operator Teleperformance will create 240 jobs in Dublin & Newry to support grocery chain Sainsbury’s customer services. Earlier this year the company announced it was created 610 jobs at its customer contact centres in Newry and Bangor.

Olive Safety to create 100 new jobs in Cork

A Cork H&S firm plans to create 100 jobs over the next year, while 20 further posts will be created at a manufacturing company in Dublin. The company will initially employ 20 staff, growing to 100 over the next 12 months.

America Pacific Corporation (AMPAC-ISP Group) to create 20 new jobs in Dublin

America Pacific Corporation (AMPAC-ISP Group) to create 20 new jobs in Dublin over the next five years in Dublin following the decision to set up its European HQ in the city. AMPAC-ISP is one of Europe’s leading companies in the design and manufacture of mission-critical structural components for the European space industry.

Bord Na Móna is to create 300 jobs nationwide

This news comes of the back of a major new investment in green energy. The jobs will be created in a range of areas in projects such as environmental solution, waste recovery and recycling and new investment in wind and gas power stations.

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Alcatel-Lucent has asked the Government for grant assistance for an expansion of its Bell Labs research unit. Dublin is one of the cities being considered for the expansion. The decision on the location of the project will be taken in the next few months. A positive decision for Dublin could see the establishment of an international centre of excellence for basic research.

Randox will boost R&D capabilities at its Antrim facility with a STG9.2m investment package. The company specialises in clinical diagnostics and has pioneered the development of innovative biochip analysing technology.

Boston Scientific will invest EUR21.7m in a R&D and innovation project at its Cork plant.