Social networking company Facebook says it plans to double the size of its Irish operations as it officially opened its new European headquarters in Dublin city centre today.
Facebook's European operations have been headquartered in Dublin since 2008 and the office at Hanover Quay has 70 workers.
The company said today it is increasing its investment in order to scale its operations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East and support its users and advertisers as the company grows.
It said it expects to double the size of its Dublin office within the next year and is hiring across several areas including user operations, online operations, advertising sales, advertising campaign delivery, finance and engineering.
'Facebook has fast become a worldwide name, and it is a fabulous endorsement that Ireland can satisfy the needs of such highly innovative and technologically advanced companies as they critical investments,' commented Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment at today's official opening.
'The skilled talent pool available to us in Ireland has helped us match the growing needs of our users and advertisers across the EMEA region,' commented Colm Long, Director of Online Operations at Facebook.
