Embassy contacts US senator vying for Irish jobs

Ireland’s embassy in Washington has contacted a US senator to raise concerns over his call for over 1,100 at-risk jobs at a pharmaceutical giant in Waterford to be moved to New York.

The Irish ambassador to the United States confirmed in a letter to Fine Gael TD John Deasy yesterday that, following his request, the embassy in Washington got in contact with the New York office of Democratic senator Charles Schumer.

This followed Senator Schumer’s call for jobs at Bausch + Lomb in Waterford (currently the subject of negotiations between management and unions) to be re-located to Rochester in New York where the company has a separate operation.