150 job losses at 4-Home stores

SOME 150 jobs have been lost with the closure of seven 4-Home DIY and homeware stores countrywide in recent months.

Stores at Killarney and Ballincollig were shut last weekend following the earlier closure of outlets at Portlaoise, Carlow, Monaghan, Ashbourne and Macroom.

Fears have arisen about the future of two further stores at Fermoy and Mitchelstown as part of a major restructuring by Reox Holdings, the Dairygold Co-op spin off company.