Google to create over 500 new jobs in Dublin

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD and John Herlihy European Director, Online Sales & Operations, Google today (Wednesday 15^th November, 2006) announced that Google will create over 500 jobs at its EMEA headquarters in Dublin with the support of IDA Ireland.

The investment will allow Google to meet the increasingly diverse needs of its growing number of customers – both users and advertisers – in over 35 countries across the region. Currently, in excess of 800 employees representing over 40 nationalities are based at Google in Ireland, with capability in over 45 languages.

Welcoming the announcement, Minister Martin said: “Google is synonymous with creativity, innovation, and leading-edge technology. Its investment here in Dublin is a huge vote of confidence in our knowledge economy and in our young, educated workforce. Today gives me the opportunity to congratulate the staff and management responsible for the success of this facility, a factor that considerably influenced Google’s decision to make this further investment.”

“Today’s announcement further endorses Ireland’s ability to provide the technical infrastructure and skills base to support such operations. It confirms this country’s status as the leading European location for the largest Internet activities in the world. It is an excellent example of the success being achieved by the Government’s policy and IDA Ireland’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s digital media sector,” Minister Martin continued.

John Herlihy, European Director, Online Sales & Operations, Google said: “As we continue to develop our business, our EMEA headquarters has delivered huge value to all our customers – users and advertisers – from Iceland to South Africa and Ireland to Russia. It has an integral role to play in our international business as we continue to localise our products and solutions for our users and advertisers. We hope to see continued innovation at our EMEA headquarters and today’s announcement will help us achieve that.”

Details of the new posts will be available online at www.google.ie/jobs

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