While tens of thousands of employees are laid off among all sections of society every month, the computer sector is still struggling to find suitably qualified employees in this country.

Pauline O'Loughlin of Ernst & Young recently said 70pc of technology firms believe there is currently a skills shortage.

"They are looking elsewhere to fill roles and Ireland is competing with a lot of locations -- particularly the US and Australia -- to get talent to come here."

Pauline O'Loughlin said Ireland needed to "upskill" local talent in order to compete for these jobs

"There has to be a re-education at secondary level to let pupils and career guidance teachers know that there are major career opportunities in the technology sector."

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