[the drifter]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0221/paypal.html


RTE Link

[campo]

Ah well on the positive side of things it looks like finally the country is picking back up and eventually Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcement , just have to keep the faith for a little while longer.

[ronanc15]

Sickened for Limerick, but delighted for all those up the country who will find work from it

[Beer Baron]

Originally Posted by ronanc15

Sickened for Limerick, but delighted for all those up the country who will find work from it

People with no ties will flock to Dundalk chasing jobs so locals will have a battle on their hands.

[ronanc15]

Originally Posted by Beer Baron

People with no ties will flock to Dundalk chasing jobs so locals will have a battle on their hands.

Very true too, either way Im glad the jobs are being created

[CONSI]

Yeah delighted that jobs are coming to the country but again the mid west is over looked. When is the last time Limerick had a positive news story around jobs.

[Sponge Bob]

The reason they chose Dundalk is because Limerick has no Dark Fibre for their telecoms requirements. That Was the clincher. A belated claim there -was- dark fibre in Limerick was not believed by Paypal.

[the drifter]

Originally Posted by Sponge Bob

The reason they chose Dundalk is because Limerick has no Dark Fibre for their telecoms requirements. That Was the clincher. A belated claim there -was- dark fibre in Limerick was not believed by Paypal.

any link to this please?

eh not speaking as a mod here...genuinely want to know

[liammur]

We seem to get the worst ministers possible.

Did willie o dea bring a job in over 15 years of the celtic tiger?

M Noonan is only concerned about talking about burning shareholders in banks (not bondholders)

J O sullivan, wouldn't know she's there.

From today's Independent:
PAYPAL, the US electronic payments company owned by eBay, is expected to announce up to 1,000 new jobs later today.
It is understood that a number of new call centres will be opened by the online payments processing firm which already employs 1,500 in its European headquarters in Blanchardstown, Dublin.

PayPal will be looking for call centre workers with English and other languages to help customers with accounts, to check documentation from retailers from around the world who want to open accounts and to review transactions for suspicious activity.

The company already has call centres in the Philippines and Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States.

The announcement, which will be made by the Taoiseach this afternoon, on this scale caps three weeks of good news on the jobs front.

Sky Television announced three weeks ago that it was intending to create 800 jobs in a call centre in Dublin, while IDA-back companies have announced a further 700 jobs from firms planning to open or expand operations in Cork, Kildare, Galway, Sligo. Kilkenny and Dublin.

[Sponge Bob]

Originally Posted by the drifter

any link to this please?

eh not speaking as a mod here...genuinely want to know

I heard this late last year from industry sources. Limerick is not in the running for large services announcements because of lack of diverse dark fibre. Neither is Waterford.

[the drifter]

Originally Posted by Sponge Bob

I heard this late last year from industry sources. Limerick is not in the running for large services announcements because of lack of diverse dark fibre.

That's a ridiculous claim by whoever made it. what about the MAN's ?

[1huge1]

Originally Posted by Beer Baron

People with no ties will flock to Dundalk chasing jobs so locals will have a battle on their hands.

Nothing wrong with that, more competition for jobs, means the best and most suitable should get the position available.
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[meoklmrk91]

Atleast somewhere in Ireland got it, would I have preferred Limerick, of course but sure what can you do.

On the topic of jobs in Limerick, can anyone remember the last time any announcements were made regarding the creation of new jobs, because I certainly don't.

[liammur]

No one in Limerick makes any noise about this. In fairness to Cork/Galway, if they didn't get a few hundred jobs every month or so, they would make big noise about it.

We let the likes of O Dea parade around the place like heroes.

[Kess73]

Originally Posted by campo

Ah well on the positive side of things it looks like finally the country is picking back up and eventually Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcement , just have to keep the faith for a little while longer.

Why is Limerick bound to get such an announcement?

When was the last time Limerick had such an announcement, even during the so called boom years?

Was the last really big job announcement in Limerick way back when Dell arrived?