The firings didn't come by Tweet. They came via old fashioned email.
Twitter has started laying off members of its Irish workforce with some staff in the Dublin office receiving emails Friday morning telling them that they were being made redundant.
Large scale job losses are being forecast for Twitter operations in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world.
RTE reported that the social media company had been expected to tell employees by email about whether they have been laid off.
It also temporarily closed its offices and prevented staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company's future under new owner Elon Musk.
According to the RTE report, Twitter said in an email to staff that it will alert employees by 9 a.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. in Ireland) about staff cuts.
Around 500 people are employed at Twitter's Dublin office.
The RTE report added that it was not yet clear how many staff in Ireland will be losing their jobs, "though it is expected that with around 50% of its global workforce being cut that is likely to be broadly reflected in Ireland.
"Industry sources indicated that job losses are being focused on specific teams rather than on a blunt geographic basis. Twitter's Dublin office remains closed today, following a direction from the company's senior management."
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar said his thoughts were with the people who are going to get bad news today from both Twitter and Stripe, which is a financial services company.
