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ONLINE SHOPPING GIANT Amazon has officially opened its first Irish warehouse in Co Dublin, with 500 jobs set to be created at the site.
The company confirmed that the so-called fulfilment centre, located in Baldonnell, opened this week and it is the first of its kind in the Republic of Ireland.
A spokesperson for Amazon told The Journal that “we are delighted to have opened the doors of our first fulfilment centre in Dublin this week”.
“We are focusing on welcoming our new team and preparing the site in readiness to start delivering to our customers across Ireland.”
The 630,000-square-foot centre in Baldonnell Business Park will house millions of items that will be picked, packed and shipped to customers around Ireland and Europe.
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The site is set to employ around 500 people and it’s understood that wages are set to start at €13.50 an hour.
Recruitment for the site is currently underway.
When fully operational, the site will improve delivery times for Irish Amazon customers.
Last year, Amazon also announced that they would be opening a second delivery station at the Northwest Logistics Park in Ballycoolin, with over 20 jobs being created alongside driver roles.
The first delivery station opened in October 2020 in Rathcoole, Dublin, with 20 permanent jobs at the site.
Earlier in 2020, Amazon announced it had plans to create over 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland and that it wanted to have 5,000 people employed in Ireland by 2022.
Its first office was opened in 2004, with the company also operating both customer service and web service facilities here.
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If there isn’t an Amazon.ie website, how will Irish customers ensure that their items come from this site, and avoid receiving items from the UK (Brexit delays & possible charges)?
@Type17: Info about that seems very scant. I have read unverified reports that we will indeed be paying customs charges due to the business being ‘located’ in the UK. If that’s the case, then why would we bother? It’s completely counter intuitive.
@B2dL Me/You: There’s no custom charges when you buy from Amazon UK now. The main difference will be that they will ship from the Irish fulfillment center to your home meaning shorter delivery times and hopefully an expanded catalogue being sold here (think large tvs)
@B2dL Me/You: I have used Amazon.de with no issues, but some resellers won’t ship outside Germany (I’m aware of mailbox.de, but it seems like a bit too much hassle). For anyone wanting to use an EU Amazon site, you can set them to English language and it works very well.
TBH, I’m trying to find alternatives to giving Amazon any more money…
@Philip Holohan: Not if you buy from Amazon UK as they take care of the paperwork and charge Irish vat @23%. A lot of other UK sites don’t bother so you could be caught by customs if ordering from them
@Eugene Kelly: Where parcels find fulfillment before their last voyage on their lifes path to you, the consumer .
All parcels arrive fulfilled and woke
They’ve been shipping from there for a while now. Couple of times ordered something on a Saturday evening and had it delivered by the Amazon van Sunday morning.
This is the “official” opening.
The delivery time estimate when ordering is an indication – next day delivery.
13.50 an hour wont go far when paying the bills or rent. Maybe it is time to have multinational minimum wage of 25 euro an hour. They get with murder on the tax they pay.
The less we use companies like Amazon the better. I know its cheaper and convenient but that comes at a cost. Its an awful employer and its ruining local businesses.
They create very few proper jobs , they finance people to work soley for them and they employ drivers as self employed so they have no contributions or holiday pay or employment laws to worry about, should not be allowed
@Philip Holohan: If the item originally comes from outside the EU, there are customs charges one way or another. If you buy from Amazon UK, and you are in Ireland, you will be charged Irish VAT, not UK VAT. This is why the price increases when you check out, because Irish VAT is 23%, not 20%. This is due to “distance selling” VAT rules.
@Gary Kearney: It’s child’s play to find an Irish address. Type or paste the Eircode into a mapping website and it drops a marker on the building. Select the Directions option, add your starting point, and the route is mapped for you.
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