A NEW media and communications company, Manley Communications, has opened for business in Dublin. Its chairman and managing director, Mr Lester Manley, said yesterday the company hoped to create 50 new jobs at its offices in Dublin, Belfast and Derry over the next two years.

The company is a multi-disciplinary communications agency offering a range of services, which will include an in-house Internet company and a multi-media design and production operation. It currently employs up to 80 people in Northern Ireland.