Amazon cuts to Irish workforce expected to be "relatively modest" says Coveney

Many of the 5,000 staff at Amazon’s operations in Ireland include software and network engineers in addition to warehouse workers in Dublin.

The impact of Amazon’s decision to cut 18,000 jobs worldwide will be “relatively modest” for the multinational’s Irish workforce, said Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney.

Mr Coveney indicated there will be some cuts at Amazon’s Irish workforce after he received an update from the multinational on Wednesday following the company’s announcement in recent weeks to cut jobs.