750 jobs are to be lost at Motorola's manufacturing facility in Swords in Dublin after the sale of the plant to Canadian electronics manufacturer Celestica.
Motorola currently employs 1,400 at the plant and Celestica will retain 650. The remaining staff have been offered generous redundancy terms, according to a Motorola spokesman.
The decision to sell the plant is part of a global restructuring by Motorola in the face of tight competition and dwindling margins in the mobile phone business. 2,700 staff are to be laid off worldwide.
"Motorola must remain nimble and stay ahead of the marketplace in order to retain and grow its position as a technology leader," said Motorola chief executive Christopher Galvin.
Celestica will continue to make Motorola phones in Ireland as part of a global manufacturing deal with an estimated value of $1 billion over the next three years.
Celestica already employs 400 people in an adjoining manufacturing facility in Swords.
