Ireland set to escape Microsoft job cuts

It is believed that only a handful of positions at Microsoft’s Irish operations will be affected by the decision to cut 18,000 staff from its 127,000 worldwide workforce.

It announced yesterday that it will cut 14% of its workforce this year, as it trims its newly acquired Nokia phone business and tries to transform into a cloud-computing and mobile-friendly software company.

The company declined to provide any breakdown of which countries would be affected.