ERICSSON IRELAND CUT 300 JOBS IN DUBLIN
Friday, February 6th, 2009
ERICSSON IRELAND CUT 300 JOBS IN DUBLIN
Ericsson Ireland announced that it will be cutting 300 jobs at its R&D facility in Clonskeagh in Dublin. These jobs will be phased out over the next 18 months. Ericsson employs 1700 staff in Ireland across a number of sites – Athlone, Dun Laoghaire and Clonskeagh.
The company had announced 5000 job cuts worldwide but most had hoped Ireland would escape. The company employs 80,000 across 175 countries so the cuts represent 5% of the workforce.
Ericsson Ireland has had business operations in Ireland since 1957 so it is well established here. This is a major blow as these are exactly the type of jobs we want to attract and keep in Ireland. Union official Peter Glynn said: “These are high value added jobs with a highly productive, highly skilled graduate workforce and that makes the news that the company intends outsourcing to either China or Hungary all the more worrying”.
