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Jobs lost across the country

It has been a traumatic week for employees in many parts of the country as one company after another announced lay-offs or plant closures. In all, around 1,000 people in Nenagh, Cork, Limerick and Dublin were told they were to lose their jobs. Probably the most significant announcement came from Cork where Motorola announced on Thursday that it is closing its Cork facility in the wake of an earlier decision to move all engineering roles to another site. Without engineering the Cork operation was no longer viable. The decision means the loss of 330 jobs by the end of May; 20 staff will be retained but they will work from their homes. For the most part employees had a positive outlook. They issued a statement in which they looked back positively on their time with the company, both from a professional and personal standpoint. Those who were interviewed on television were optimistic about their ability to find alternative employment. [Read]