VMware begins 'consultation process' with Cork staff with fears jobs could be cut 

Ireland was VMware's third largest location prior to the takeover by Broadcom, employing more than 1,000 people with more than 200 more jobs to be created by 2025

The company first set up in Ireland in 2005 with the establishment of its Ballincollig campus.

Fears of job cuts have hit Irish employees following US semiconductor company Broadcom's recent $69bn (€62.98bn) takeover of global cloud computing firm, VMWare, which has a long-standing presence in Ireland. 

Staff at its Cork campus received an email this morning telling them the firm has entered a "consultation process," with fears that this could lead to a wave of job cuts across the company's Irish arm.