COMPUTER GIANT REMAINS TIGHT LIPPED ON GALWAY JOBS

Date Published: 16-Sep-2008

Hewlett Packard Galway is remaining tight lipped about the impact on the Ballybrit plant of plans to cut 25,000 jobs globally.A spokesperson for Hewlett Packard has told Galway Bay FM News it was "a global announcement and there was no breakdown of the job losses at a regional level yet".There are approximately 500 workers at the plant in Ballybrit, who are mainly involved in research and development as well as worldwide software services and publishing.