Online sports betting firm Betfair has announced plans to create up to 100 jobs at a new Dublin office.
Betfair, which recently listed on the London Stock Exchange, is to open a new data-centre and relocate some of its customer operations teams to Ireland early next year.
The company has already commenced a recruitment process to fill the posts.
There are over 600 engineers involved in maintaining the firms betting exchanges globally which process over 5 million transactions a day.
Betfair chief executive David Yu said the company was delighted to be relocating some of its business to Dublin.
“Ireland has become a primary destination for world-leading online companies and we are proud to be joining other global technology firms in making a significant investment here,” he said.
Minister of State for Science Conor Lenihan welcomed the announcement and said it demonstrated the changing nature of Ireland’s knowledge economy.
Information on the vacancies is available from: www.betfair.jobs
