July 26, 2001
Hewlett-Packard: announced it will cut another 6,000 jobs worldwide. The company has a total workforce of 2,200 in Leixlip, Co Kildare and Blackrock in Dublin.
July 25, 2001
Compaq Computers: posted sharply lower second-quarter profits. It said it had 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 would be in European operations. It employs 2,300 people in Dublin, Galway and Belfast.
July 24, 2001
Lucent Technologies: announced it planned to cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs after recording huge losses in the second quarter. The company said it was too early to say if some jobs would be cut in Dublin where it employs 900 people.
July 20, 2001
Gateway Computers: 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.
July 19, 2001
Intel Corporation: wants to reduce its headcount 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 26, 2001
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young: announced 2,700 job cuts, six of which were in its Irish operations.
July 5, 2001
Intel: considers closing down its facility for three weeks to cut costs.
June 12, 2001
Dell Computers: plans to cut 275 jobs in its Irish and UK operations in a voluntary redundancy programme. Dell said it expected 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 10, 2001
Baltimore Technologies: announced details of a £30 million to £35 million sterling (#38 million-#44 million) cost-cutting plan shedding 250 jobs.
May 24, 2001
Dell Computers: announced a voluntary redundancy package for 200 employees at its Limerick operations. The package would affect 4.5 per cent of Dell's 4,500 staff in Limerick.
May 5, 2001
Vision Consulting: announced plans to cut its workforce of 400 by 6 per cent. It was making 11 staff of its 145 staff in Dublin redundant.
April 18, 2001
Hewlett-Packard: warned that its second quarter net earnings will come in sharply lower than expected and announced plans to eliminate up to 3,000 management positions. A spokesperson said that although the Irish business had been asked to look at the number of management positions, the impact was not expected to be significant.
April 12, 2001
Norkom Technologies: cut staff numbers by 60.
April 10, 2001
Trinity Technology: lays off 12 out of its staff.
March, 2001
Intel: halts construction of a $2 billion extension in Leixlip.
February 23, 2001
Nortel Networks: to shed 40 jobs in Galway as part of a decision to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide.
January 13, 2001
Lucent Technologies: announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide.
January 13, 2001
Gateway: announced it was shedding 10 per cent of staff worldwide to cut costs.
