Mobile operator 3 Ireland is to create 50 jobs as part of an expansion. Recruitment for the new roles across finance, product development and retail sales is already under way.

The company, which employs 400 people in Ireland, said the new positions would be located at its head office in Dublin and at a number of retail stores across the country.

According to Robert Finnegan, 3 Ireland’s chief executive, the expansion is a signal of the company’s ambition to strengthen its position in the Irish market.