Facebook owner Meta expected to lay off 'large number' of contractors – The Irish Times

Facebook owner Meta is expected to lay off “a large number” of its contract workers in the Republic in the coming weeks, after cutting 30-35 jobs in Dublin recently due to the shutting down of its cryptocurrency project, Novi, earlier this month, the Sunday Times reports.The newspaper highlighted that a significant portion of its 6,000 staff in the State are on contract. Meta is also said to be laying off junior recruiters, having indicated in July its intention to slow down hiring globally. It also emerged over the summer that Meta had paused the fit-out of parts of its headquarters in Ballsbridge as it re-evaluates its international real-estate requirement.Carbon tax rise set to go ahead despite uneaseThe Sunday Times also reports that the Government is set to proceed with a planned increase in carbon taxes on October 12th in spite of unease among Coalition partners about the matter amid soaring living costs.The report noted that Opposition politicians and some within Fine Gael had called for a delay in the planned increase, under which the cost of a 60-litre tank of petrol will rise by €1.28, while diesel will rise by €1.48. It has already been agreed that a carbon tax…
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