Salesforce has eyes on Informatica in potential largest deal 

Salesforce employs almost 2,000 people in Ireland, but had in recent months announced plans to cut its global staff count

Then-taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the announcement of Salesforce Tower in Dublin in January 2019.

Salesforce's Marc Benioff is pursuing what would be one of the company’s biggest-ever deals after fending off activist investors critical of his reliance on acquisitions. 

Salesforce is one of Ireland's largest foreign-owned private employers, with almost 2,000 employees, but had in recent months announced plans to cut its global staff count.