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# Job Losses

Last week
19th March 2023 - 25th March 2023
# 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.
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February 2023
# 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.
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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.
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Feb 1st 2023, 7:33 AM
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2023
# 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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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”.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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'
Phones, plans and contracts: How will the closure of Carphone Warehouse in Ireland affect customers?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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Jun 11th 2020, 1:26 PM
# Job Losses
Monsoon and Accessorize to close four Irish stores
In total, 35 stores will be permanently closed in the UK and Ireland, with 545 job losses.
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Jun 10th 2020, 1:06 PM
# Job Losses
Airbnb plans to cut 35% of its Dublin workforce with around 190 jobs to go
Employees are being consulted as part of the redundancy process.
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Jun 5th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Covid-19
UK warned to brace for 'many job losses' as deaths pass 50,000
Boris Johnson said the UK government will take an ‘interventionist’ approach to support the economy.
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Jun 4th 2020, 6:58 AM
# Covid-19
Aer Lingus cabin crew in Shannon to be temporarily laid off
Staff at Dublin and Cork airports face further pay and roster cuts.
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May 27th 2020, 7:16 PM
# Coronavirus
Covid-19 brought major changes to labour market by end of first quarter, CSO stats show
Employment levels were down to 1.75 million people by the end of April.
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May 21st 2020, 4:49 PM
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