Richard Curran: Global stock rally driven by AI and mass sackings leaves Irish tech staff sitting on millions​

Long-serving employees of Apple, which has 6,000 staff in Ireland, are big winners

Richard Curran

Irish employees of big tech giants are sitting on hundreds of millions of euro worth of shares as technology stocks have rallied in recent weeks and hover around record highs.

AI is generating a lot more than fake videos these days. AI companies are driving a global stock market rally that – at least for now – looks real. Big winners from the stock boom of recent weeks include thousands of employees here who work for these companies.