What Intel’s new job cuts mean for Leixlip operation’s future

The chip giant is reportedly planning layoffs of 20pc in a new bid to ‘streamline’ operations

Workers in the cleanroom of Fab 34 in Leixlip. Photo: Intel

What do Intel’s reported plans to cut a further 20pc of its staff mean for its Leixlip, Kildare operation which employs almost 5,000 people?

The struggling chip company remains one of Ireland’s largest employers and has been a mainstay of the country’s industrial setup since it set up its first plant there in 1989, investing more than €30bn in chip-making operations.

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