The Irish Press Newspaper Group has issued redundancy notices to its seven hundred employees and it says its three newspapers will cease publication on 23 July at the latest if agreement on a rationalisation plan is not reached in the meantime.

Report shows Ralph Ingersoll, American publishing magnate who holds a fifty percent stake in the Irish Press, meeting with worker representatives.

Interview with Barney Rjorke, Secretary, Printing Trades Group of Unions, on possibility of agreement being reached.

The reporter is Pat Sweeney.

To reuse or license RTÉ content please contact archivesales@rte.ie