# Job Losses

This year

2023

# redundancies

Accenture workers to be offered State help as ‘devastating’ 890 redundancies planned

It is said to be one of the biggest single redundancy moves in Ireland in many years.

20.1k

Aug 1st 2023, 6:23 PM

# Navan

Siptu to meet government and WRC over Tara Mines job losses

650 workers at Tara Mines in County Meath have been temporarily laid off.

6.5k

Jul 3rd 2023, 8:37 AM

# tech layoffs

Meta expects around 500 jobs losses in Ireland as part of latest round of cuts

Meta announced 10 weeks ago that there would be 10,000 job losses globally.

The first round of these job cuts in April resulted in around 10 job cuts here.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described today's figures as 'significant'.

43.4k

Updated

May 24th 2023, 2:05 PM

# Job Losses

Vodafone cutting 11,000 jobs as new CEO says group ‘must change’

Newly appointed CEO Margherita Della Valle said that the company’s performance “has not been good enough”.

16.7k

May 16th 2023, 11:58 AM

# Job Losses

Shopify to axe Irish jobs as part of 20% global workforce cut

Shopify cut its workforce by 10% in July 2022.

14.2k

May 4th 2023, 5:43 PM

# shock closure

Siptu to raise millions paid out in dividends by Cartamundi's Ireland site in job losses talks

The company is to close its Waterford factory where 234 people are employed.

14.8k

Mar 23rd 2023, 10:37 PM

# Economic Forecast

Worldwide tech job cuts having ‘no visible impact’ on Irish labour market

The European Commission has revised upwards its forecasts for economic growth this year in Ireland.

7.6k

Feb 13th 2023, 4:40 PM

# tech lay offs

PayPal to cut around 2,000 jobs, 7% of its global workforce

PayPal employees around 2,000 people in Ireland and has operations here in Blanchardstown and Dundalk.

9.0k

Feb 1st 2023, 7:33 AM

# Job Losses

Tesco says its Ireland stores are unaffected by UK overhaul of 2,100 jobs

It announced that it will extend changes to store management roles, shut remaining counters and hot delis and shut a number of in-store pharmacies as part of the shake-up.

12.7k

Jan 31st 2023, 4:48 PM

# Job Losses

Philips cuts 6,000 more jobs after sleep device recall

The Amsterdam-based firm unveiled net losses of €1.605 billion last year, largely due to massive recall of faulty sleep respirators.

31.4k

Jan 30th 2023, 7:24 AM

# Job Losses

Argos set to close all Irish outlets by June

The company employs around 580 people across 34 stores in Ireland.

129k

Jan 19th 2023, 1:00 PM

# tech jobs

Amazon to cut more than 18,000 jobs globally

In September the company shipping items from a new fulfilment centre in Dublin which employs 500 people.

19.8k

Jan 5th 2023, 7:46 AM

Last year

2022

# redundancies

Varadkar: Around 140 redundancies so far at Twitter in Ireland

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar announced that they layoffs were confirmed with the Department of Enterprise.

11.1k

Nov 18th 2022, 7:41 PM

# wayflyer

'Too much too soon': Irish tech 'unicorn' to cut workforce by 40%

The 200 jobs cuts will bring Wayflyer’s headcount back to where it was ten months ago.

24.1k

Nov 16th 2022, 2:34 PM

# Job Losses

Tech firm Intercom to cut workforce by almost 13%, leaving 39 jobs in Ireland at risk

The New York Times is reporting that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people starting as soon as this week.

21.2k

Updated

Nov 14th 2022, 9:13 PM

# Job Losses

Facebook owner Meta to lay off 13% of its workforce, resulting in 11,000 job losses

Up to 400 people based here could lose their jobs as part of the global cuts.

79.2k

Updated

Nov 9th 2022, 11:57 AM

# jobs in tech

Government to consult tech giants over Irish job losses, Taoiseach says

It comes as Tánaiste Leo Varadkar met with senior officials from the IDA today for briefings on the tech sector.

63.5k

Updated

Nov 7th 2022, 8:26 PM

# Job Losses

Twitter layoffs before US midterms fuel misinformation concerns as Musk defends sackings

Twitter fired half of its 7,500-strong staff yesterday.

59.2k

Updated

Nov 5th 2022, 5:49 PM

# Job Losses

Twitter begins cutting jobs, including in Ireland, in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover

Twitter employs more than 7,500 people around the world.

97.9k

132

Updated

Nov 4th 2022, 8:10 PM

# Patreon

Patreon to close Dublin office, three years after opening

The closure of the Dublin and Berlin offices will result in 80 job losses.

44.5k

Sep 14th 2022, 8:50 AM

# Job Losses

UK's Transport Secretary calls for P&O Ferries boss to quit

Grant Shapps said he should resign after his ‘brazen’ comments about ‘knowingly breaking the law’.

10.7k

Mar 25th 2022, 8:37 AM

# Job Losses

Revoke licences of P&O Ferries, maritime union urges UK transport secretary

Nautilus International’s general secretary Mark Dickinson said the action taken by the firm was “deplorable”.

48.5k

Updated

Mar 19th 2022, 8:10 PM

# Job Losses

Downing Street warns P&O Ferries it is ‘looking very closely’ at legality of sackings

Demonstrations are being held at ports today, with unions calling for a boycott of the company.

53.8k

Updated

Mar 18th 2022, 2:08 PM

# Job Losses

P&O Ferries staff refuse to leave ships after company makes 800 workers redundant

In a statement, the company said that in its current state, “P&O Ferries is not a viable business.”

66.6k

Updated

Mar 17th 2022, 3:50 PM

# security guards

Tesco security staff given extra week to decide between severance and moving to new company

Earlier this month almost 100 Tesco security workers were told their jobs could be lost by the end of February.

46.8k

Feb 23rd 2022, 11:34 AM

# Job Losses

'Good job in the pandemic lads, now you're gone': Tesco security guards shocked at job losses

Almost 100 Tesco security workers face losing their jobs by the end of the month.

Almost 100 Tesco security workers face losing their jobs by the end of the month, Órla Ryan reports

Security guards said they were verbally abused and spat on during the pandemic and have now been made to feel "disposable"

"I've worked for this company since I was 16 years of age, I literally do not know anything else," one man told us

104k

Updated

Feb 16th 2022, 12:05 AM

All time

# The Banks

Hundreds of jobs in Dublin to go as Deutsche Bank moves to cut its Irish workforce

Some 250 full-time roles will be relocated while a number of contractor jobs will be cut altogether.

55.0k

Jul 6th 2021, 11:16 AM

# Job Losses

Younger workers have been hit hardest by pandemic, according to new research

New research by the ESRI shows employment is 14% below pre-pandemic levels for people aged 15-34.

14.2k

May 11th 2021, 6:10 AM

# retail woes

Almost 500 jobs to go as Carphone Warehouse set to close all Irish stores

All 80 stores will close their doors with immediate effect, the company said in a statement.

69 standalone and 12 in-store outlets to shut

Company says employees will be 'fully supported' following announcement

Tánaiste describes news as a 'huge blow'

57.2k

Apr 21st 2021, 11:58 AM

# labour shocks

Minimum wage workers disproportionately affected by pandemic disruption, says ESRI

With cost of living taken into account, Ireland has just the seventh-highest minimum wage in Europe.

10.7k

Apr 8th 2021, 12:12 PM

# raheen

Rehab to make 37 workers with disabilities at Limerick facility redundant due to impact of Covid-19

The employees work at the Rehab Logistics facility in Raheen.

18.1k

Feb 22nd 2021, 1:01 PM

# AIB

AIB to cut 1,500 jobs and merge branches in bid to save costs

The bank said it aims to achieve over 10% reduction in costs by 2023.

38.0k

Dec 2nd 2020, 11:15 AM

# Job Losses

Up to 700 manufacturing jobs to go in Antrim

A senior trade unionist suggested some of the roles at Caterpillar in the Antrim town of Larne may be outsourced to India.

16.7k

Nov 5th 2020, 2:48 PM

# Job Losses

New Pandemic Unemployment Payment bands kick in today, here's what you need to know

The PUP will move from two rates of payment to three rates, and the top rate is being reduced.

46.6k

Sep 17th 2020, 6:00 AM

# The Banks

Ulster Bank plans to cut 266 jobs to reduce costs

The bank suffered a loss of €276 million in the first six months of the year.

24.1k

Sep 10th 2020, 1:34 PM

# Pubs

At least 2,450 jobs lost in Dublin pub sector since March, publican reps say

The LVA has indicated there may also be further significant job losses ahead.

11.5k

Jul 28th 2020, 12:17 PM

# high street blues

Marks & Spencer to cut 950 jobs in the UK — but its Irish stores are 'unaffected'

M&S was in the middle of a restructuring when the pandemic hit.

14.5k

Jul 20th 2020, 1:04 PM

# forsa

Aer Lingus workers reject proposals on working conditions

Trade union Fórsa criticised the approach taken by Aer Lingus.

35.7k

Jun 22nd 2020, 5:36 PM

# Aviation

Up to 500 Aer Lingus job losses expected due to pandemic

The airline said the Covid-19 pandemic is having a “catastrophic effect on the aviation industry”.

20.2k

Jun 19th 2020, 5:00 PM

# Aviation

Bombardier reveals plans for 400 job losses at Belfast plant

The Canadian plane maker says Covid-19 has forced it to resize its business.

6.8k

Jun 11th 2020, 1:26 PM