Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan has announced that D&B, formerly known as Dun & Bradstreet, is to establish a business operations centre in Dublin.

The company is one of the world’s leading suppliers of business information.

The move is being facilitated by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland, and will create up to 100 new positions by the middle of next year.

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Making the announcement, the Tánaiste said: "I am delighted to announce the establishment of D&B’s Centre in Ireland. This highly sophisticated operation is in line with the Government’s continuing efforts to position Ireland as the leading European location-of-choice for innovation-led and knowledge-based global investments."

D&B has secured office space at Sandyford, saying this will allow the "flexibility for further expansion as additional business opportunities are identified".

(NS/GK)