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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Ferghal Blaney

Leo Varadkar says tech firms may have 'expanded too quickly' amid Twitter job cuts

Jobs Minister Leo Varadkar has said that tech giants may have “expanded too quickly” in response to the news of huge job losses at Twitter and Stripe in Dublin.

Mr Varadkar was speaking from a trade mission in Singapore where he also said that there were plenty of job opportunities in other companies in the sector in Ireland.

However, most of the larger tech companies operating in Ireland, like Google and Amazon, are slowing down or freezing recruitment in the face of a possible global recession.

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