Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Border, Midland and Western; Border; Border
Location of affected unit(s)
Drogheda
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023

Description

Online payments firm Yapstone intends to create 200 new jobs at its Drogheda facility between 2018 and 2023. The American company currently employs 125 people in the facility, having established itself here in 2012. Recruitment will start in the New Year for the engineering and technology positions.  The job expansion is enabled by a €41m investment by the company and is supported by IDA Ireland.


Sources

  • 16 November 2017: RTE
  • 16 November 2017: Irish Independent

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Yapstone, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 92507, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92507.