The Irish Examiner reports that US-owned PopCap Games has confirmed it intends to double the number of staff it employs at its European headquarters in Dublin. The company currently employs 55 people, and Senior Director Cathy Orr confirmed on Sunday that the firm is planning to create an additional 55 jobs at its Dublin office. “We are aiming to double the number we employ here over the next two to three years,” she said. The Seattle-based games developer established its European HQ in Dublin in 2005.

Dublin, Thursday, 9th December 2010 – Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe TD today announced that Citi, the leading global financial services company, is to create 250 roles in the next year at its offices in Dublin and Waterford.  These roles will be in Funds, Client Services, Product Development and will include some Operations and Technology roles.  These roles will come on stream over the next 18 months.  Citi currently employs 2,200 people in Dublin and Waterford and has already hired 300 people in the last twelve months including a number of graduates on the FÁS Work Placement Programme.  Ireland was chosen for these new roles as Citi has a long standing and well respected existing operation here. There is also a very talented and well educated labour force available in the Irish market for these roles.

Citi is celebrating 45 years of continuous business in Ireland and is committed to growing its franchise here. The pro business environment and the support received from IDA Ireland since its establishment have enabled Citi to become one of the largest international financial services companies in Ireland.  Citi is also leading the way in the field of Services Innovation and was the first financial services company to set up a Research and Development Centre to develop the next generation of eBanking products. The Centre was officially opened last year and now employs a team of researchers, technologists and analysts.

Minister O’Keeffe congratulated Citi for investing in Ireland for 45 years and described the 250 new jobs as a “strong endorsement of Ireland’s financial services sector.

“More than half the world’s leading financial services firms now have operations in Ireland.  Citi, a pioneer in the financial services sector, has made an outstanding contribution to our economy for more than four decades.

‘It is a standard-bearer in Dublin’s IFSC and the expansion of the Waterford operation has dramatically enhanced the profile of the south-eastern region for top-level financial services investments.

‘Citi’s announcement today demonstrates that we can out-perform rival locations for major global investments in the financial services sector because we have the talent, track record and tax regime that makes global players want to hub here,’ said Minister O’Keeffe.

Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi, Global Head of Global Transaction Services said at today’s announcement “I am very pleased to announce the addition of these high value jobs for our Irish operations.  Citi in Ireland is a centre of excellence for our Global Transaction Services business and is now our location of choice for the pursuit of innovation in financial services.  There is a wealth of talent, experience and expertise based here and with the support of IDA Ireland, we will continue to grow our business and provide the banking products and services of the future from here.”

Also speaking at today’s announcement Aidan Brady, Citi Country Officer, Citi Ireland said “Ireland was chosen as the location of choice for these new roles due to the calibre of our employees and the depth of expertise and innovative thinking inherent in our workforce which has enabled Citi Ireland to continue to win business and become the leader in Services Innovation for the organisation worldwide.  The Government’s pro business approach and IDA’s support for projects in the financial Services sector has been vital to our continued success.”

Citi provides financial services and products for multinational companies, Irish companies and the government and public sector.  The range of products and services include: cash management, rate risk management, (FX and interest rates), funding, investor products, corporate finance, trade services, trade finance, custody, trustee services, fund administration, transfer agency, outsourcing and shareholder services.

Welcoming today’s announcement IDA Ireland CEO Barry O’Leary said “Ireland’s international financial services sector is recovering and in expansion mode. IDA’s ‘Horizon 2020’ strategy identifies growth in services and technology as key strategic areas of opportunity for Ireland. The growth of Citi demonstrates Ireland’s continuing attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment. The combination of talent, corporate tax, track record, technology capability and the ease of doing business positions Ireland to win further investments in international financial services.”

Notes to Editor
Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Through Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.

The Irish Times reports that social network Facebook is to create 100 jobs at its Dublin base next year. Facebook will grow staff numbers at its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin by one-third over the next year, a spokeswoman for the company said. The company currently employs 200 people in Dublin, working in advertising, multilingual sales support, finance, human resources, user operations and development. It is understood the new positions will be gradually created across these areas over the coming 12 months.

The Irish Times reports that online sports betting firm Betfair has announced plans to create up to 100 jobs at a new office in Dublin. Betfair said it intends to open a new data centre and relocate some of its UK customer operations teams to Ireland early next year. The company has already commenced a recruitment process to fill the posts. It said existing staff in the UK would also have the option to relocate to Dublin, but it was not yet clear exactly how many people would be interested in taking up this option.

IDA Ireland today (September 2nd 2010) welcomed the announcement by AOL Global Operations Limited that it is to further expand its Dublin operation, creating an additional 20 software development positions at its Dublin Development Centre. 

Today’s announcement follows the company’s announcement in June that it was to create 50 software engineering positions to expand its reach as a leading provider of Internet advertising technologies, services and user content through its wide range of AOL content brands and site.

Commenting on the announcement, IDA Ireland CEO, Barry O’Leary said “The decision by AOL, a leading global internet services and media company, to expand further in Ireland reinforces Ireland’s reputation as one of Europe’s leading locations  for digital media companies. Having only recently announced an additional 50 positions, today’s announcement demonstrates the commitment by AOL to the growth and development of its Irish operations.  I wish the company continued success in Ireland”. 

The new employment opportunities are for high value experienced professional software engineering positions, with opportunities available for both senior and intermediately experienced recruits. 

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.

Sophis Technology, the developer of complex financial software, is making a €1.7m investment in the expansion of its software research and development facility, Sophis Technology Ireland Ltd.

This investment will add 13 high-calibre engineering positions to the 58 people already employed by the company. The R&D will involve the innovative development of a new highly complex financial software product.

Sophis provides cross-asset, front-to-back portfolio and risk management solutions to the world’s leading financial institutions. The company has a global presence with nine offices around the world and serves more than 100 market-leading institutions, including investment banks, asset managers and hedge funds.

Cork based voice messaging technology company VoiceSage opened new offices in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday, as part of a EUR7 million investment that will see the creation of 25 new jobs. The positions will be in software engineering, research and development and customer support.

VoiceSage has had a successful couple of years reporting growth of over 300 percent in each of the past two years.

The Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan has announced that healthcare technology firm Cerner Corporation, is to expand its presence in its Dublin headquarters. Up to 40 new jobs are to be created as the firm adds a software technical support service to its Irish operations. Cerner provides technology to doctors, health systems and the pharmaceutical industry.

130 of jobs are expected to be cut at US company Xilinx in Dublin.

The company’s staff in Citywest are meeting management this morning where corporate developments will be outlined.

The company employs 400 staff at its Dublin-based European headquarters where it operates an advanced R&D, operations and engineering centre.

The testing department is expected to be cut in full, and the support and the IT departments headcounts to be reduced accordingly.

Xilinx makes programmable microchips that can be programmed for use in all types of electronic systems.

Nationwide UK has created 20 new jobs in the IFSC -Dublin. A small announcemnt but positive all the same. The company is considered the world’s biggest building society with assets quoted of £200 billion sterling. According to reports there could be more jobs on the way as the building society is said to potentially explore expanding into other areas of banking.

There was however bad news for Cork as 130 jobs will go at Flextronics as a result of Voluntary Redundancy programme. This comes as the company restructures globally. The company announce 120 job cuts last november at its plant in Limerick. Flextronics had a heavy business relationship with Dell so they are feeling the pain from Dell closures in Ireland.

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Around 230 Dell employees at the company’s Cherrywood and Limerick operations are to lose their jobs over the next six months.

While the company is not giving out exact figures for the cuts, RTÉ understands that 10% of staff are to be lost in Dublin and Limerick.

Meetings were held with 2,300 staff members at the two locations this morning to announce the move.

It is understood that 130 people will be let go at the company’s operations at Cherrywood near Loughlinstown in Dublin, with a further 100 losses at its plant in Limerick.

Dell has already let 1,900 workers go in Limerick, and 250 in Cherrywood.

Cherrywood is home to Dell’s sales operation for the Irish market and to the home and small/medium business sector of the UK market.

The EMEA Enterprise Expert Centre – which provides high-level enterprise technical support for customers across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) – is also located in Cherrywood.

4,500 plus construction jobs will be created over 10 years as part of the construction of a new campus development. An additional 1,160 positions will be created in a science and technology park, offices, shops and health and education facilities. The 73-acre site at Grangegorman is the planned new location for Dublin Institute of Technology campus which is currently based across 40 sites in the city. The site at Grangegorman will also be the location for a library, primary school and a new centre for mental health patients.

Parcel Link UK will create up to 45 new jobs in Mallow, Co. Cork through the opening of a new transfer centre in the next few weeks. The company which provides parcel delivery services will create 35 jobs immediately and is expected to create a further ten jobs in three months.

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