Facebook applies to add fifth storey to old AIB centre

Facebook has plans in the works to squeeze even more space out of its new campus in Ballsbridge to accommodate its bulging workforce.

The tech giant announced last year that it would relocate from its current base in Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’ to the old AIB bankcentre in Dublin 4.

Facebook, which recently announced plans to hire an additional 1,000 staff across its locations in Dublin, Cork and Meath, said the 5.6-hectare Ballsbridge site ...