Jobs may go as sector output declines

A LEADING economist warned last night that more manufacturing job losses are on the cards as figures showed manufacturing output declined faster than industry as a whole.

Figures released by the Central Statistics Office show manufacturing output fell 2.5% in the three months to end October 2006 against 1.6% for total industrial output.

On an annual basis, total industrial output in October was 6.1% higher than in October 2005 while the increase for manufacturing was ahead by just 4.9%.