Cisco silent on how job cuts will affect Irish business

It is unclear yet whether network equipment maker Cisco Systems’ decision to sack 4,000 people, or 5% of its global workforce, will affect its Irish operations.

The company already employs 180 at its Galway plant and, as recently as last year, announced a €26m investment plan to increase the workforce by another 115.

A spokesperson for Cisco Ireland yesterday was unable to say what effect the decision to reduce the global workforce would have an Irish operations.