Ireland is over the worst of tech cuts — Simon Coveney

Message from the technology sector in the US was an optimistic one in spite of large companies such as Google and Twitter making cuts to their staff in Ireland

'Most tech companies are taking back somewhere between 15 and 20 per cent of the growth they announced last year.'  - Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney

Ireland is "over the worst" of the announcements in relation to job cuts at big multi-national tech firms with bases in this country according to Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney.

Speaking in Cork following his recent visit to the west coast of the United States, where he had a series of meetings with a range of companies, Mr Coveney said that large tech companies are keen to not only stay in this country but to grow and expand here.