Online auction giant opens European headquarters in Dundalk

Online retail and auction giant eBay has opened its European headquarters in Dundalk, and will employ 1,450 people in the coming years.

The Louth operation will provide support for eBay customers and its payment service subsidiary PayPal, across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

The Dundalk site was open for business just 11 weeks after contracts were signed. More than 385 people already work there, and the company expects to employ 1,450 by 2015. The company employs more than 2,100 people at its eBay and PayPal centres in Dublin.