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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
7 December 2011
Description
Social networking group Facebook is to expand in Ireland, and is to create 100 new jobs at its Dublin base by next year. Facebook will increase staff numbers at its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin by one-third over the next year. It presently employs 200 people at its Dublin base, and the expansion will increase this to 300.
Sources
8 December 2010: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Facebook, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 71265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71265.
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