PayPal to create 150 Dublin jobs

150 full-time and part-time jobs are to be created in Blanchardston as PayPal seek to expand their Irish operations.

Currently PayPal, owned by eBay, employ over 1,200 at their European headquarters in Blancharstown but are looking to fill positions within customer service and merchant service.

The money-sending group have been established in Dublin since 2003 and are looking for potential employee that are fluent in English and another second language.

"We have gone from strength to strength since the Taoiseach officially opened our European Centre of Excellence in March 2009. I look forward to welcoming our new colleagues to our Centre of Excellence here at Blanchardstown. I would also like to thank the IDA for the support we have received from it over the years," said Louise Phelan, senior director for global customer services & EU merchant services for the company.

In 2009, PayPal an investment of €15m from IDA Ireland to open its centre of excellence in Blanchardstown. IDA Chief Executive Barry O'Leary said that the creation of jobs is "great news both locally and nationally and underlines Ireland’s continuing ability to attract high-calibre Foreign Direct Investment."