US ecommerce giant Amazon is to create 300 jobs at its new Dublin operation in Ballsbridge, bringing its total Irish workforce up to 1,700.

The roles, including data center technicians, software engineers and customer support staff, will be hired over the next two years

Amazon celebrates it’s 10th anniversary in Dublin this year and has invested €1.5bn in Ireland over this time.

"Amazon has been an active contributor to the Dublin technology community for a decade and during this time, we have been extremely impressed with the creativity and strong technical talent available in the country, "said Dr Werner Vogels, chief technology officer, Amazon.