Fruit of the Loom to end production a year early

DONEGAL’S former flagship employer, Fruit of the Loom, is to end manufacturing in the county one year ahead of schedule.

The textile firm announced last September that it would be closing its Irish operations in Buncrana and Campsie, Derry and moving to Morocco over the next four to five years.

But management expect redundancies will begin in February 2006 and both plants will be closed by July of next year.