Jobs to go in Waterford, Mayo

Updated: 23:08, Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Nearly 200 jobs are to be lost in counties Waterford and Mayo.

1 of 1 Bausch & Lomb To lay off more than 100
Bausch & Lomb
To lay off more than 100
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Six One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports the jobs are to go at Bausch and Lomb and a call centre in Mayo
Six One News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports the jobs are to go at Bausch and Lomb and a call centre in Mayo
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Nine News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the jobs are to go at Bausch and Lomb and at a call centre in Mayo
Nine News: Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports that the jobs are to go at Bausch and Lomb and at a call centre in Mayo

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Eye care products manufacturer Bausch & Lomb is expected to announce tomorrow morning that 120 people are to be made redundant at its plant in Waterford.

This will bring employment at the factory down to below 1,100, nearly 700 people less than were employed here a few years ago.

Talks are continuing this evening at the factory between union and management representatives.

In Co Mayo, Eurotel Marketing Limited has said that 80 workers will lose their jobs with the closure of a major call centre in Belmullet.

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