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Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of online giant, eBay increased by 29% to €6.5m last year.

According to accounts filed with the Companies Office, eBay Europe Services Ltd recorded the increase in pre-tax profits after revenues rose 22%, from €46.34m to €56.65m, in the 12 months to the end of December last.

The firm paid a dividend last year of €3.5m and in February of last year, eBay announced the creation of a further 450 jobs here, to be based at an operations centre in Dundalk.