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Sinead McSweeney settles with Twitter after action over job cuts by Elon Musk

Twitter’s global vice-president for public policy had secured an injunction preventing Twitter from terminating her employment amid swingeing job cuts imposed by its billionaire owner

Sinead McSweeney: joined Twitter in 2012 as its public policy director for EMEA

Sinead McSweeney, one of the top executives at Twitter Ireland, has settled her action with the company after she secured a temporary High Court injunction which stopped the social media giant from terminating her employment.

McSweeney, global vice-president for public policy at Twitter, began proceedings against the company following a chaotic series of layoffs instigated by Elon Musk, its owner, last month.

The case was listed before Mr Justice Brian O’Moore today but the High ...