The PCDEL plant in Finglas, north Dublin, which manufactures communications systems, is to close with the loss of 81 jobs. The parent company, based in Chicago, said the company's financial losses are now at an unacceptable level. Plans are now underway to transfer the technology operation to Eastern Europe.
In Mayo, 40 jobs are to be lost at the Oasis Watercoolers manufacturing plant in Ballina. Workers were told of the decision by the company to transfer its manufacturing operation to a lower cost economy.
It said the decision had been forced on it by increased operating costs. The company is to retain 15 jobs in Ballina.
The town's chamber of commerce has said the decision is a further blow to the town which has lost 1,300 jobs in the past nine years.
Meanwhile, 14 jobs are also going at the meat and sausage processors Feldhues in Clones, Co Monaghan. The company has a workforce of 100. The company said the people were being laid off after a deal for sliced meat fell through.
