An electronics plant in Waterford has announced plans to close its operation next year with the loss of 178 jobs.
ABB Transformers told workers this morning that the Tycor facility would be shut down from next March. The company is blaming the decision on a decline in orders and a lack of potential business in the market. A consultation process is underway with unions and employees to decide on a compensation package. Source - breakingnews.ie.
The world's largest pipe-laying ship, the Solitaire, is due in Broadhaven Bay in north Mayo later today as part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline project.
The ship is expected to begin laying the offshore pipeline connecting the Corrib field to the Mayo coast tomorrow morning. The Naval Service has been drafted in to help gardaí protect the ship from anti-Shell protestors. Source - breakingnews.ie.
A fisherman has been taken to hospital following a rescue operation by the Ballyglass Lifeboat off the County Mayo coast this morning.
The man is understood to have collapsed on board a vessel in Broadhaven Bay. He was brought to Ballyglass pier by the lifeboat and transferred to Castlebar General Hospital. Source - breakingnews.ie.
An electronics plant in Waterford has announced plans to close its operation next year with the loss of 178 jobs.
