August 8th, 2001
Gateway announces closure of its European plant at Clonshaugh with loss of 900 jobs. The US computer manufacturer, which set up in Dublin in 1993, blames the slowdown in demand for PCs. It is also closing operations in Britain, where it employs around 200 people.
July 26th, 2001
Hewlett-Packard announces it will cut another 6,000 jobs. The company has a workforce of 2,200 in Leixlip, Co Kildare and Blackrock in Dublin.
July 25th, 2001
Compaq Computers posts sharply lower second-quarter profits. It says it has completed cutting 5,100 jobs out of a planned total of 8,500 lay-offs this year, to leave a total workforce of 68,200. Some of the remaining 3,400 redundancies will be in European operations. It employs 2,300 people in Dublin, Galway and Belfast.
July 24th, 2001
Lucent Technologies announces it plans to cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs after recording huge losses in the second quarter. The company says it is too early to say if some jobs will be cut in Dublin, where it employs 900 people.
July 20th, 2001
Gateway undergoes radical review and will decide whether Dublin is the most attractive location for its European headquarters. The company employs 900 people in Clonshaugh, Dublin. It says further job cuts will be required from its 10,000-strong workforce worldwide.
July 19th, 2001
Intel Corporation wants to reduce its staff by 5 per cent and wants up to 170 voluntary redundancies to cut costs at its Leixlip plant in Co Kildare. The company employs 3,400 staff in the Republic.
June 26th, 2001
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young announces 2,700 job cuts, six of which are in its Irish operations.
June 15th, 2001
Cara Group announces it will cut 10 per cent of its 320-strong workforce as part of a restructuring plan.
June 12th, 2001
Dell Computers to cut 275 jobs in its Irish and UK operations in a voluntary redundancy programme. Dell says it expects about 125 of its 1,200 employees in Bray, Co Wicklow and Cherrywood, Dublin to sign up for the voluntary severance package and a further 150 jobs to go at its London-based facilities.
June 10th, 2001
Baltimore Technologies announces details of a £30 million to £35 million sterling (#38 million- #44 million) cost-cutting plan, shedding 250 jobs.
May 26th, 2001
Cardbase Technolo Gies, the Dun Laoghaire provider of smart-card solutions, announces it will reduce its 135-strong work force by 17.
May 24, 2001
Dell Computers announces a voluntary redundancy package for 200 employees at its Limerick operations. The package will affect 4.5 per cent of Dell's 4,500 staff in Limerick.
May 5th, 2001
Vision Consulting announces plans to cut its workforce of 400 by 6 per cent. It is making 11 staff in Dublin, where it employs 145 people, redundant.
April 18th, 2001
Hewlett-Packard warns that its second-quarter net earnings will come in sharply lower than expected and announces plans to eliminate up to 3,000 management positions. A spokesperson here says the impact is not expected to be significant.
April 12th, 2001
Oniva e-business consultancy closes with a loss of 65 jobs.
April 12th, 2001
Norkom Technologies cuts staff numbers by 60.
April 10th, 2001
Trinity Technology lays off 12 staff.
January 13th, 2001
Lucent Technologies announces 10,000 layoffs, none of which are in Ireland.
January 13th, 2001
Gateway announces it is shedding 10 per cent of staff worldwide to cut costs.