Jobs in exporting firms will continue to be lost despite 2% growth in sales

JOBS will continue to be lost by Irish exporting firms through to the end of 2010 despite an upturn in the first half which resulted in sales growing by 2%.

In its review of the first half of 2009 the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) warned its members could be forced to axe another 35,000 jobs by the end of 2010.

The IEA estimates that 25,000 jobs have been lost in the manufacturing sector in the past year alone, as the global recession continues to bite.