Meta is set to announce significant job cuts in Ireland later today.
The Facebook parent company will be making hundreds of employees redundant as part of global layoffs that were announced in March. Approximately 500 are expected to be affected by the job losses.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he expected "significant job losses" in Meta's Irish operations earlier in the Dail today. He added that the Government will engage with the company to make sure employees are given decent redundancy packages, Irish Independent reports.