HP job losses: ‘Everyone’s disappointed in the way it was handled. We knew it was coming’

Staff are “devastated” after it was announced that 500 jobs are to go at the Hewlett Packard (HP) global print plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare as cost- saving measures to invest in new opportunities such as 3D printing.

HP job losses: ‘Everyone’s disappointed in the way it was handled. We knew it was coming’

Local Independent county councillor Bernard Caldwell, chairman of the Celbridge/Leixlip Municipal District, said that staff were shocked.

“They’re devastated. They enjoyed working for HP but it is what it is. We weren’t expecting this,” he said.

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