HP to decide on Irish jobs future

The decision on whether the planned 16,000 redundancies at Hewlett-Packard will affect its Irish operations in Leixlip will be made over the next few months, according to a company spokesperson.

The job cuts are part of a major ramp-up of CEO Meg Whitman’s years-long effort to turn around the personal computer maker and relieve pressure on its profit margins.

Whitman said the turnaround remained on track and her raised target reflected how HP continued to find areas to streamline across its broad portfolio, which encompasses computing, networking, storage and software.