Paypal announcement imminent

kilburn

Looks like Paypal have made there mind up on the 1000 jobs but not sure where they are going.

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/news/reports-suggest-pay-pal-could-soon-announce-new-jobs/

http://www.businesspost.ie/

Please Jesus, Mohammed, Jehovah let it be Limerick

puntosporting

I read on here that they had chosen the other location about a month ago?

Berty

puntosporting wrote: »

I read on here that they had chosen the other location about a month ago?

You read on here that somebody had a meeting in a hotel whereby they order cheapo sandwhiches and stuff whilst signing contracts. Very low key and low brow for a massive IDA deal.

We'll have to wait and see.

50/50 really. Like waiting on results of a job interview.

niallers1

Papers are saying that the jobs will be in Dublin!

M cebee

damn misread this
i thought for a second the pope was resigning

betonit

M cebee wrote: »

damn misread this
i thought for a second the pope was resigning

lol i misread it too, it thought the pope was visiting

Itsdacraic

M cebee wrote: »

damn misread this
i thought for a second the pope was resigning

I thought the Pope was resigning and Father Joe Young was after getting the gig.

the drifter

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/paypal-to-announce-creation-of-1000-call-centre-jobs-3024630.html

It was not clear yesterday where the Irish jobs will be created, although it is unlikely to be close to PayPal's headquarters in Dublin.

So Dublin is unlikely...

meoklmrk91

I thought this was all done and dusted and it was going to be Dundalk, does this mean that we still have a shot?

The Snipe

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I thought this was all done and dusted and it was going to be Dundalk, does this mean that we still have a shot?

Yep, yer man was giving unvarified informatino saying it was 'fact' and 'decided already where it was going' etc. So Drifter closed it until he got some facts to back it up, and that he sees a statement.

fl4pj4ck

so..... any news?

macheda

Announcement been made today I heard on national radio this morning, not too confident

banjobongo

just announced, the jobs are going to Dundalk, NOT Limerick....sigh.

Itsdacraic

banjobongo wrote: »

just announced, the jobs are going to Dundalk, NOT Limerick....sigh.

We were told this months ago. Just because he didn't have the all important "link" to back it up doesn't mean he was wrong. The poster seemed to know what he was talking about at the time.

Ghjnr

Have been following this thread from the sidelines

Just mentioned Dundalk on RTE news. Good news for them. Really disappointing for limerick. Was really hoping for it for us

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

Berty

ronanc15 wrote: »

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

Beer Baron wrote: »

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

Sponge Bob wrote: »

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

the drifter wrote: »

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

Sponge Bob wrote: »

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

Beer Baron wrote: »

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

campo wrote: »

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?

liammur

Kess73 wrote: »

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?

Because the likes of O Dea/Noonan make the promises. The fact that NEVER deliver seems irrelevant!

campo

I am a glass half full kind of person so that is why I stated Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcment but we also have a lot of things going for us

- UL
- Shannon Airport not far away
- Ready made warehouses and office space i.e Dell plant

Put all these things together and I think with the IDA working hard on or behalf we can get a decent amount of jobs in the City

vkid

disappointed with this.Seems Noonan and Jan O Sullivan are going to be as useless as Willie O Dea was.

Nothing announced for the Mid West in years. You can have as many regeneration projects as you want but without jobs this region will continue to slide.

Icky Thump

if limerick to galway train line was linked with shannon we would be in a better attractiion for worldwide companies

undalk covers a lot bigge ground as they will take alot of Dubs as well.

whether we like to admit it or not these jobs where placed with a long term view. it will always be a case of fix the capital before fixing the rest of the country

lets think of it this way. its 1,500 less unempoyed people in the country. eventually these jobs will filter home. just be patient

as for the deal with us knowing about this ages ago it shows how fickle in ridiculous people on here eally are looking for their "links" on info that was need-to-know rather than reported.

liammur

campo wrote: »

I am a glass half full kind of person so that is why I stated Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcment but we also have a lot of things going for us

- UL
- Shannon Airport not far away
- Ready made warehouses and office space i.e Dell plant

Put all these things together and I think with the IDA working hard on or behalf we can get a decent amount of jobs in the City

I've contacted the IDA on numerous occasions. Never once replied to me!

the drifter

campo wrote: »

I am a glass half full kind of person so that is why I stated Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcment but we also have a lot of things going for us

- UL
- Shannon Airport not far away
- Ready made warehouses and office space i.e Dell plant

Put all these things together and I think with the IDA working hard on or behalf we can get a decent amount of jobs in the City

I am going to disagree.
UL- yes fair enough.
Shannon- Its an airport that flies to no where and is a ghost town now.
Ready made warehouses and office space is available everywhere in the country.

In my opinion limerick needs to do a lot more to stand out if it wants to attract business here.

Im not knocking the IDA here. They do pull out the stops. I'm based in Plassey and when we moved into this building there was loads of free space. Now we are nearly full with the last space being taken up by a call centre soon.

Ive seen the IDA come in here and come visit us as we provide some infrastructure to these new businesses and they do pull out the stops.

Unfortunately what we have to offer is available every where else now as well.

Kess73

campo wrote: »

I am a glass half full kind of person so that is why I stated Limerick is bound to get a jobs announcment but we also have a lot of things going for us

- UL
- Shannon Airport not far away
- Ready made warehouses and office space i.e Dell plant

Put all these things together and I think with the IDA working hard on or behalf we can get a decent amount of jobs in the City

There is the rub. The IDA have an awful record with regards Limerick.

Limerick does indeed have an airport nearby, but it is an airport that is being let waste away (which is a disgrace in my eyes) and it is an airport where there is a very real risk of it losing it's international airport status within a decade, and as such it is something that might encourage businesses to look elsewhere rather than set up near an airport that might lose a lot of it's air travel ability.

Limerick does have a lot of warehouse and empty plants, but a lot of them are not modernised and many do not have the capability of supporting a company that would be looking to do something on a large scale.

Limerick is also very low tech in terms of broadband, and lacks far behind some of the other cities in terms of the cabling etc that is in place.

What is also a huge problem is Limerick has always had too many people in power (be they politicians, city planners, city/county councillors etc) that have no track record at all of bringing in large numbers of jobs and who are much better at playing the parochial card in order to get into the paper rather than doing something that benefits the city.

Limerick is in serious trouble. A lot of people will stick their heads in the sand and just say things will improve or whatever, but the stark reality is that even during the boom Limerick had the highest % of unemployment in the country (Limerick had an 11% unemployment rate back then compared to a 5% national average) and has been a city that never really modernised beyond cosmetic street facelifts.

But we will continue to see our mayor come out and bluster about how the Parkway valley centre is what is killing Limerick desopite Limerick's history of unchecked high unemployment lasting decades with no major attempts to combat it.

Basically Limerick offers pretty much the same as what towns all over the country can offer, and offers less than what most of the other cities can offer.

liammur

Kess73 wrote: »

There is the rub. The IDA have an awful record with regards Limerick.

Limerick does indeed have an airport nearby, but it is an airport that is being let waste away (which is a disgrace in my eyes) and it is an airport where there is a very real risk of it losing it's international airport status within a decade, and as such it is something that might encourage businesses to look elsewhere rather than set up near an airport that might lose a lot of it's air travel ability.

Limerick does have a lot of warehouse and empty plants, but a lot of them are not modernised and many do not have the capability of supporting a company that would be looking to do something on a large scale.

Limerick is also very low tech in terms of broadband, and lacks far behind some of the other cities in terms of the cabling etc that is in place.

What is also a huge problem is Limerick has always had too many people in power (be they politicians, city planners, city/county councillors etc) that have no track record at all of bringing in large numbers of jobs and who are much better at playing the parochial card in order to get into the paper rather than doing something that benefits the city.

Limerick is in serious trouble. A lot of people will stick their heads in the sand and just say things will improve or whatever, but the stark reality is that even during the boom Limerick had the highest % of unemployment in the country (Limerick had an 11% unemployment rate back then compared to a 5% national average) and has been a city that never really modernised beyond cosmetic street facelifts.

But we will continue to see our mayor come out and bluster about how the Parkway valley centre is what is killing Limerick desopite Limerick's history of unchecked high unemployment lasting decades with no major attempts to combat it.

Basically Limerick offers pretty much the same as what towns all over the country can offer, and offers less than what most of the other cities can offer.

I would prefer to see you in power, than ANY of those we have elected. That's the sad reality of the situation.

The likes of Noonan/O Dea, look at themselves, and say 'ah I've about 4 pensions and big lump sum to look forward, Limerick is fine'.

Sponge Bob

the drifter wrote: »

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

What about them. The MAN ends in Annacotty...then what?

Kess73

liammur wrote: »

I would prefer to see you in power, than ANY of those we have elected. That's the sad reality of the situation.

The likes of Noonan/O Dea, look at themselves, and say 'ah I've about 4 pensions and big lump sum to look forward, Limerick is fine'.

Nah I would do stuff like declaring war on Tipperary and what not.

niallers1

It's Dundalk


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

campo

Kess73 wrote: »

There is the rub. The IDA have an awful record with regards Limerick.

Limerick does indeed have an airport nearby, but it is an airport that is being let waste away (which is a disgrace in my eyes) and it is an airport where there is a very real risk of it losing it's international airport status within a decade, and as such it is something that might encourage businesses to look elsewhere rather than set up near an airport that might lose a lot of it's air travel ability.

Limerick does have a lot of warehouse and empty plants, but a lot of them are not modernised and many do not have the capability of supporting a company that would be looking to do something on a large scale.

Limerick is also very low tech in terms of broadband, and lacks far behind some of the other cities in terms of the cabling etc that is in place.

What is also a huge problem is Limerick has always had too many people in power (be they politicians, city planners, city/county councillors etc) that have no track record at all of bringing in large numbers of jobs and who are much better at playing the parochial card in order to get into the paper rather than doing something that benefits the city.

Limerick is in serious trouble. A lot of people will stick their heads in the sand and just say things will improve or whatever, but the stark reality is that even during the boom Limerick had the highest % of unemployment in the country (Limerick had an 11% unemployment rate back then compared to a 5% national average) and has been a city that never really modernised beyond cosmetic street facelifts.

But we will continue to see our mayor come out and bluster about how the Parkway valley centre is what is killing Limerick desopite Limerick's history of unchecked high unemployment lasting decades with no major attempts to combat it.

Basically Limerick offers pretty much the same as what towns all over the country can offer, and offers less than what most of the other cities can offer.

I wonder how many of those people are long term unemployed I always felt that Limerick has a large percentage of people who just does not want to work for whatever reason

liammur

campo wrote: »

I wonder how many of those people are long term unemployed I always felt that Limerick has a large percentage of people who just does not want to work for whatever reason

There's no doubt about that. But that suited willie o dea perfectly, promise them a benefit, and bingo, another vote.

Amazotheamazing

vkid wrote: »

disappointed with this.Seems Noonan and Jan O Sullivan are going to be as useless as Willie O Dea was.

Nothing announced for the Mid West in years. You can have as many regeneration projects as you want but without jobs this region will continue to slide.

Both are only in power a year so I'll give them time yet.

I agree the regeneration is a sideshow though, council estates of maybe 6,000 people dominate the agenda for a a city of 100,000.

Hopefully today's announcement will finally get the county councillors and the Clare councillors to see that the entire region needs to work together and central to that has to be a strong city. I have my doubts though.

liammur

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Both are only in power a year so I'll give them time yet.

I agree the regeneration is a sideshow though, council estates of maybe 6,000 people dominate the agenda for a a city of 100,000.

Hopefully today's announcement will finally get the county councillors and the Clare councillors to see that the entire region needs to work together and central to that has to be a strong city. I have my doubts though.

Excellent post.

Galls me all this noise about regeneration. Never a thought about middle class.

Kess73

campo wrote: »

I wonder how many of those people are long term unemployed I always felt that Limerick has a large percentage of people who just does not want to work for whatever reason

No doubt there are plenty of long termers who don't ever want to work, but the 11% of the 90's and early 2000's is over 20% now so it means that there are a hell of a lot of people who want to work that get to stare at walls now.

The unemployment number for Limerick city and county is something like 23,000 people and growing. That is a shocking nunber when one looks at the population of Limerick in terms of people between 18 and 65. Even if we say that half of that is people that don't want to work, it still leaves 11,500 people scrambing whenever there is some tiny job announcement.

I did a lot of my growing up time in Liverpool and I saw first hand what it was like over there in the 1980's. Blackstuff/Boys From The Blackstuff (a brilliant watch for anyone who has not seen it) was very close to the truth.

Limerick has always reminded me of Liverpool, which is probably why I like Limerick despite it having so many things I dislike. I guess it has a familiar feel in many ways. But I do think that Limerick in 2012 is heading in the same direction that Liverpool was in 1984, and I do think that Limerick city needs a project as ambitious and of a similar scale to the Liverpool One project, and I mean that as much in terms of the commercial/industrial changes that project brought about as the retail and sevices changes. Limerick really does need that kind of massive change. The problem being that massive money would be required for such a thing, or rather to do it right and not have a half baked Opera centre idea.

I really think that Limerick should try and tempt Chinese investors and let them buy heavily into the city. Give them serious leeway and ensure that they get what they need ( legally and above board of course) in a fast efficient manner. I had a good look sometime back at some of what was proposed for Athlone under Chinese investment and I have to say it really caught my eye.

vkid

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Both are only in power a year so I'll give them time yet.

A year is load of time to be fair...no problem with plenty announcements for Cork and Galway and loads for the East Coast.

campo

Kess73 wrote: »

No doubt there are plenty of long termers who don't ever want to work, but the 11% of the 90's and early 2000's is over 20% now so it means that there are a hell of a lot of people who want to work that get to stare at walls now.

The unemployment number for Limerick city and county is something like 23,000 people and growing. That is a shocking nunber when one looks at the population of Limerick in terms of people between 18 and 65. Even if we say that half of that is people that don't want to work, it still leaves 11,500 people scrambing whenever there is some tiny job announcement.

I did a lot of my growing up time in Liverpool and I saw first hand what it was like over there in the 1980's. Blackstuff/Boys From The Blackstuff (a brilliant watch for anyone who has not seen it) was very close to the truth.

Limerick has always reminded me of Liverpool, which is probably why I like Limerick despite it having so many things I dislike. I guess it has a familiar feel in many ways. But I do think that Limerick in 2012 is heading in the same direction that Liverpool was in 1984, and I do think that Limerick city needs a project as ambitious and of a similar scale to the Liverpool One project, and I mean that as much in terms of the commercial/industrial changes that project brought about as the retail and sevices changes. Limerick really does need that kind of massive change. The problem being that massive money would be required for such a thing, or rather to do it right and not have a half baked Opera centre idea.

I really think that Limerick should try and tempt Chinese investors and let them buy heavily into the city. Give them serious leeway and ensure that they get what they need ( legally and above board of course) in a fast efficient manner. I had a good look sometime back at some of what was proposed for Athlone under Chinese investment and I have to say it really caught my eye.

I really think you should run in next election very good post Kess

BTW Liverpool also reminds me a lot of Limerick anytime I have been there just had the feeling that I was home

liammur

vkid wrote: »

A year is load of time to be fair...no problem with plenty announcements for Cork and Galway and loads for the East Coast.

Spot on. It's time we stopped kissing our politicians arses. They ARE failing us.

Amazotheamazing

liammur wrote: »

Excellent post.

Galls me all this noise about regeneration. Never a thought about middle class.

I think the regeneration is needed, but it can't be the only show in town, and it can't be the only story about Limerick. UL, for example, has already done more for Limerick than the regeneration probably will.

But crucially, we need to stop the ****e-hawking around with the city/county boundary, recognise it's a city of 100,000 within a unique region and move on from there. The parochialism of FF/FG has turned the various members against each other when we should be working together.

In a broader scale, that's what's happened across the entire country. If we need to be adversarial it should by Cork and Limerick and Galway v. the Dublin region, not Cork v. Limerick v. Galway v. the Dublin region. The three cities need to work together to counterbalance Dublin, imo.

Kess73

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Both are only in power a year so I'll give them time yet.

I agree the regeneration is a sideshow though, council estates of maybe 6,000 people dominate the agenda for a a city of 100,000. Hopefully today's announcement will finally get the county councillors and the Clare councillors to see that the entire region needs to work together and central to that has to be a strong city. I have my doubts though.

I agree with your sentiment but you are way off in your numbers though. Limerick city has the highest % of local authority housing in Ireland. The last set of figures saw the % rise from 41% in 2006 to 44% in 2010. So 44% of all housing within the city limits is local authority housing. Pair that figure with the chronic unemployment % and a long ignored issue becomes obvious.