20/01/2014

Irish Workers Not To Be Affected By Intel Cuts

The Irish workforce for computer giant Intel are not expected to be affected by their recent announcement of staff reductions.

Speaking on RTÉ News, Intel Ireland said there was "no indication" that anyone in Ireland would be affected.

Some 5% of the company's workforce is to be cut as they refocus the business away from personal computers and onto mobile computing.

Four-and-a-half thousand people are directly employed by Intel in Ireland with hundreds more in subsidiary companies across the island.

(MH/CD)

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