The social network giant’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg revealed the move during a speech at a conference in Dublin on earlier this week, according to the BBC.

The new roles, which will be across 60 teams at Facebook’s sites in Dublin, County Meath and County Cork, increase the company’s Irish workforce from 4,000 to 5,000.

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