More than 50 people will be employed over the next 12 months

Recruitment starts immediately

SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading online questionnaire platform, today announced that it will open an office in Dublin, employing more than 50 people in the first twelve months of operations to support the company’s many existing Irish and European customers.

New employees will join the existing international team that is relocating to Dublin from the company’s Lisbon office.

SurveyMonkey is trusted by millions of companies, organisations and individuals around the world to gather the feedback they need to make better decisions. These customers use SurveyMonkey’s online and mobile platform to create, send and analyse questionnaires on any given topic.  Beyond market research, some of the most popular uses of the product are to gauge customer satisfaction and conduct employee performance reviews.  SurveyMonkey’s robust analytics engine enables at-a-glance data analysis to make smart, fast decisions.

The company will be hiring for a wide variety of roles ranging from account management to customer support.  Recruitment starts immediately and job positions can be found online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/job-listings/

Bath Avenue and Londonbridge Road were reopened at the end of August 2013. The works on London Bridge are now substantially complete with the surrounding areas protected to the National Standard for flood alleviation works. Finishing works are currently being undertaken and pedestrian restrictions on the bridge, which will last until the end of this year, are locally in place to facilitate the placement of the original stone cladding back onto the bridge structure.

Planning permission was granted to carry out flood alleviation works on both sides of the river Dodder, from Lansdowne Road Railway Bridge to the Lower Smurfit Weir on 1st July 2013, subject to 13 conditions. Construction works have commenced on site at Beatty’s Avenue and are scheduled to sequentially move upstream, with final completion by end 2015. Alleviation measures should be completed all the way to Ballsbridge by the end of Quarter 2, 2014; to Donnybrook Bridge by the end of Quarter 2, 2015; and to the first Smurfit weir by the end of 2015. Completion of alleviation works to Ballsbridge will include completion of the Dodder Wall on both sides of the river and excavation of the river bed at the bridge in Ballsbridge. Emergency works at the Licensed Vintners Association off Anglesea Road and the Sweepstakes apartments are complete.

Dublin City Council completed its final report, Pluvial Study on Flooding, earlier this year as part of its Dublin Flood Initiative (DFI) and the EU Flood Resilient City Project. The DFI has aimed to identify the risks, the areas at risk, the times when that risk might be highest and the appropriate response at local, community and household level.  To read more about this, click here.

I wish to inform you that Dublin City Council at the Adjourned Monthly Meeting held on 25^th July 2011, having considered Report 235/2011of the Dublin City Manager in compliance with Section 138 of the Local Government Act 2001 informing the Council of works which  are about to commence and in compliance with the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, Part 8: The construction of approximately 200m of 2.0m to 2.5m high flood defence walls on both sides of the River Dodder between Lansdowne Road Bridge and the Lansdowne Railway Bridge, adopted the following motion:

“That Dublin City Council notes Report No. 235/2011 and hereby approves the contents thereof”

The OPW plan to move on site on the 15^th August 2011 on the Marian College side of the river. The works will continue until Christmas 2011. The pathway beside the river will be closed off from Monday 29th August and local diversions will be put in place.