"The company will not survive by just selling personal computers. It is restructuring itself to develop and sell more services and solutions." - Mike Maloney, managing director of Gateway Ireland, confirming that the company is to exit the UK and Irish markets to concentrate on the US market.
"It wasn't really a shock. Everyone was expecting it anyway. With the way the market was going, it was only a matter of time. It was kind of inevitable." - A Gateway employee reacts with stoicism to news of the closure of the PC makers plant in Dublin.
"We're in the middle of a steep industry downturn and I don't think we have seen the last bad news." - Martin Cronin, a director of IDA Ireland.
"To date, job losses in Ireland have been surprisingly low given the severity of the global slowdown in IT demand. [But] with no signs of an improvement it seems inevitable that further job losses are likely". - Barry Dixon, technology analyst at Davy stockbrokers commentating on the closure.