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Twitter starts laying off Irish staff as mass job cuts begin

More than 500 people are employed at the company’s Dublin office, which is its European headquarters

Twitter’s logo at its Dublin office. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

Twitter has started laying off its Irish workforce as it aims to dramatically cut its global headcount.

Billionaire Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of Twitter’s workforce, making good on plans to slash costs at the social media platform he acquired for $44 billion last month.

More than 500 people are employed at the company’s Dublin office, which is its European headquarters. It is expected a similar proportion of staff could be laid off at ...