Irish tech jobs shake-out may total 5,700 in past year

Total payroll employee numbers rose to 2.45m in January. File picture

A sharp fall in information and technology employment in the past year may suggest that the tech jobs shake-out was more substantial than once thought.  

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show that the total payroll employee numbers rose to 2.45m in January, up from the seasonally-adjusted 2.4m on the payrolls of private and public companies a year earlier, according to monthly estimates.