Yesterday morning, Simon Coveney arrived back in Ireland after a whistlestop three-day tour to the west coast of the United States. Appointed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in December, after a lengthy and well-received tenure in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Coveney has found himself dealing with high-profile job losses across multiple multinational technology giants. The publicity around the job cuts has outweighed their numbers; unsurprising perhaps given the importance of a small cohort of tech companies to Ireland’s taxation receipts. However, to get a sense of what was really happening in the sector, and the potential impact on…

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