15,000 jobs under threat in hi-tech industries

UP TO 15,000 jobs in the hi-tech industry are under threat, IDA Ireland has warned.

Spokesman Colm Donlon said Dell, which employs almost 4,000 people in Limerick and Wicklow, has cut 1,300 jobs over the past 18 months due to the global slowdown. And a multinational source also warned the company will shut down here within three years and relocate abroad.

“There is an 80% chance Dell will be gone within three years,” he said.