IBM staff await news of 13,000 job cuts

Employees of computer giant IBM are waiting to hear details today of up to 13,000 job cuts, mostly across Europe.

Computer giant IBM is to axe up to 13,000 jobs, mostly in Europe, in a widely-expected move to restructure its operations to make them leaner and nimbler - and taking a second quarter charge in the process.

IBM currently employs about 3,700 people in Ireland, most of them at its facility in the Mulhuddart area of west Dublin, 25,000 people in the UK and has 100,000 staff across Europe.