Online professional network LinkedIn is set to add 800 staff to its European headquarters in Dublin, reports Irish News. The additions will bring the professional social network’s Irish workforce to 2,000 by summer of next year. LinkedIn said it has already begun its recruitment process for the roles at its European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters at its offices in Dublin city centre with approximately 300 people having already been hired and more to be hired by next summer. Business Minister Heather Humphreys said the jobs announcement reaffirms the social network’s commitment to Ireland and Dublin as the digital capital of Europe.