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‘She is who she is, there’s no bullshit with Anne’ - Facebook’s new head of operations profiled

The good news surrounding former ex-Vodafone chief Anne O’Leary’s appointment as head of Irish operations is a welcome respite for social media giant Meta

Warm and engaging, Facebook’s new head of Irish operations Anne O’Leary is one of those people who, in HR-speak, “brings her whole self to work”

Given the huge amount of bad press that Facebook-parent Meta gets these days, the warm reaction to the appointment of Anne O’Leary as its new head of Irish operations is no doubt a welcome respite.

The tech giant is, however, preparing to announce more layoffs locally and has also warned it may withdraw its services in Europe due to a potential data transfer ban from the Data Protection Commission. Given all of this, having someone ...