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Google Irish staff face fresh round of job cuts, union says

The tech giant confirmed it was continuing to cut jobs but declined to say if the Dublin office would be affected

Google employs more than 5,000 people at its Irish office – having laid off around 200 staff last year. Picture: Getty

A trade union that claims to represent hundreds staff at Google has said that some staff at the tech giant’s Irish office are being laid off as part of a newly announced round of global job cuts.

The Financial Services Union (FSU) said it has been notified by members at Google that redundancies are being imposed at the tech giant’s Dublin office, as the company sheds several hundred workers in various divisions around the world.