Legendary crystal firm is facing turbulent times

‘The Glass’ needs a dollar recovery to see fortunes improve, says CONOR KEANE.

REDMOND O’Donoghue became the local boy made good in November, 2001 in becoming the chief executive of Waterford Wedgwood, but he could not have taken the coveted post at ‘The Glass’ at a worse time.

Waterford Crystal sustains the city. It provide jobs for thousands directly and indirectly from high-paid glass cutters and blowers to student summer jobs at the city’s main tourist attraction the Waterford Glass Visitor Centre.