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UK company ends Irish operations

Agilisys - Will close its Shannon centre
Agilisys - Will close its Shannon centre

Agilisys Contact Services has announced that it is to close its centre in Shannon and transfer its operations to the UK.

The company, which provides contact centre services to UK public and private sector organisations, has been based in Shannon for the last four years and employed 71 permanent staff.

The company said it had informed the staff of its intention and hoped that some of them will relocate to its UK centres at Barrow-in-Furness and Rochdale.

CEO Kay Andrews said: 'This decision has been driven by the current economic conditions, with the strength of the euro against the pound meaning that overhead costs in Shannon are proving to be uneconomic.

'It is a very difficult situation as we have an outstanding group of individuals in Shannon.

'We hope that some of them will take the opportunity to join one of our contact centres in the UK. We also hope that economic circumstances will revert and we can return to Shannon in the near future.'

A spokesperson added that the company was in consultation with the workers in relation to redundancies.