Job Losses
# job-losses - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
50 jobs lost as Citi Bank announce Waterford office closure
The Waterford branch will close by the end of the year.
# job-losses - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Up to 54 jobs lost as nine Xtra-vision stores to close in Republic
There will also be 11 store closures in Northern Ireland, with a further 58 job losses.
# job-losses - Friday 3 May, 2013
More than half of jobs to go at Killarney Golf Club
The announcement follows an agreement reached between management and the trade union SIPTU.
# job-losses - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Aviva to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide – but no changes to Irish jobs
The insurance giant is to cut 2,000 jobs across the UK, Europe and Asia.
# job-losses - Monday 15 April, 2013
Column: ‘Over the past five years, I’ve seen the heart being torn from our schools’
Cuts to teachers’ salaries and increased taxation have left some of my colleagues just making ends meet, writes Carmel Hume.
# job-losses - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
130 jobs to go in Alkermes’ Athlone facility
The company said the decision was made following a reduction in demand for certain pharmaceutical products.
# job-losses - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Column: The success or failure of the UK’s economic strategy matters greatly to Ireland
The UK budget being announced today has implications for Ireland too, writes James Kilcourse, who says as well as being a crucial trading partner, the UK is Ireland’s biggest rival for attracting foreign direct investment.
# job-losses - Thursday 7 March, 2013
280 jobs lost as Wicklow pharma plant closes
The Rathdrum facility will close by the end of 2015.
# job-losses - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
# job-losses - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
200 jobs to go at EBS Building Society
Staff are to hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of industrial action after being informed of the cuts.
# job-losses - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Shop that warned of high rents closes with 8 jobs lost
The owner of Korky’s shoe shop on Grafton Street, Dublin 2, said he was glad that the ‘bloodletting had now stopped’.
# job-losses - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Workers to meet union after Dublin company cuts 83 jobs
Distribution firm Johnson Brothers told its employees yesterday that 83 jobs will be lost due at its plant in west Dublin due to outsourcing.
# job-losses - Friday 4 January, 2013
Distribution firm Johnson Brothers to cut 83 jobs in Dublin
The company informed staff of the decision to outsource its warehouse and transport operations today.
# job-losses - Monday 19 November, 2012
Rebrand complete: National Irish Bank disappears
Danske has shut the bank’s branch network in order to cut costs and redirect focus.
# job-losses - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Liberty Insurance to cut 285 jobs
The company that took over from Quinn Insurance will make 140 redundancies in Dublin, 75 in Cavan, and 70 in Enniskillen.
# job-losses - Friday 9 November, 2012
100 job losses at Ericsson Athlone after Ericsson Sweden makes 1,550 job cuts
The telecommunications company hopes to reduce the workforce by February 2013.
# job-losses - Monday 24 September, 2012
PopCap to close Dublin office, 96 jobs impacted
Some employees have been offered positions elsewhere in the company.
# job-losses - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Cowen wants commitment from Minister after Bord na Móna job losses
Over 100 seasonal jobs have been lost at Bord na Móna as a result of the poor peat harvest this year, described by the company as the ‘worst year ever’
# job-losses - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Column: Making employers pay for sick leave is simply not fair
Placing social welfare costs onto businesses is an additional burden on employers and will result in job losses writes Ian Martin.
# job-losses - Friday 31 August, 2012
Up to 16 jobs at risk as Clerys branch closes
Clerys Home Furnishings store set to close in a fortnight.
Target Express sale announced by liquidators
Masterlink Logistics, headquarterd in Blanchardstown, is to buy the company which only recently ceased trading.
# job-losses - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Target Express workers end sit-in after meeting liquidator, department
Junior minister Seán Sherlock has pledged funds from the state insolvency fund to support the workers’ redundancy payments.
# job-losses - Friday 3 August, 2012
Funeral of Maeve Binchy to be streamed on internet this morning
Fans of the much-loved writer from Dalkey will be able to watch a livestream of service on RTÉ.ie
# job-losses - Friday 27 July, 2012
Permanent TSB names the 16 branches to close
Dublin and Cork to lose four branches each and three to go in Tipperary.
# job-losses - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Permanent TSB to lose 250 jobs as 16 branches shut
The state-owned lender will pursue an internal reorganisation, which will see it close 16 branches and consolidate others.
Cisco to axe 1,300 jobs worldwide
The global computer equipment giant said it is trimming its workforce by 2 per cent.
# job-losses - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Permanent TSB to announce branch closures within days
Reports on Monday suggested that Ireland will see one in every four of its bank branches shut within two years.
# job-losses - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Nokia to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
The struggling mobile phone company has also warned of a larger than expected loss for the second quarter of this year.
# job-losses - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# job-losses - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Immigrants bear brunt of recession job losses, study shows
The unemployment rate among non-Irish nationals is now significantly higher than for those born here.
# job-losses - Thursday 24 May, 2012
HP Ireland: job losses will impact ‘every business and region’
But there is no specific details for the 4,000 people currently employed at HP Ireland.
# job-losses - Friday 18 May, 2012
Bad news for Wexford as jobs lost at Yoplait factory
Although it doesn’t mean the end of the Yop.
# job-losses - Thursday 8 March, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# job-losses - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Gaming company Blizzard to cut 200 jobs in Cork
The company behind World of Warcraft is to seek redundancies from among the 880 people it employs at the customer support centre at Blackpool.
# job-losses - Monday 27 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Monday
All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed in one handy round-up…
Dublin print firm closes with the loss of 60 jobs
Wood Printcraft has gone into receivership today. One staff said the closure had left the workforce “devastated”.
# job-losses - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Ulster Bank to cut 600 jobs in the Republic
The bank will shed 950 jobs in its Irish operation – North and South of the border.
Hundreds of job losses expected at Ulster Bank
There are fears that more than 500 staff could be axed at the Irish arm of the UK-owned bank.
# job-losses - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
# job-losses - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Aviva Ireland CEO Dermot Browne to resign
Dermot Browne will step down at the end of the year.






















































Ulster Bank says it won’t comment on potential job cuts
There is speculation that the British-owned bank could be about the shed jobs from its 5,000 strong workforce
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