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The tech skills gaps and how to fill them

IT talent shortages persist but Ireland is in a moment when indigenous companies have advantages over US tech giants when it comes to recruitment. Ian Campbell reports

Eoin Langdon of Sigmar Recruitment: ‘Smaller Irish companies who couldn’t compete with the bigger players on attracting talent have all of a sudden become an attractive opportunity, because they’re offering fully remote or more flexible working’. Picture: Bryan Brophy

The bad news for Irish businesses is that well-documented tech skills shortages are set to continue, but the good news is that there’s more of a level playing field when it comes to recruiting the best talent. In the fallout from last year’s job cuts, US multinationals including Amazon, Google, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, and X have lost some of their shine.

Most of the people they ‘let go’ had been in content or operational roles, ...