150 jobs at risk with top concrete supplier

THE future for 150 employees at one of the country’s main concrete suppliers hung in the balance last night after management made an application under the Companies Act.

Clare-based Whelan Group made the application to the High Court to lodge a number of affidavits on behalf of its companies.

As one of the main suppliers of stone, concrete, precast products and road surfacing products to the construction industry, Whelan was always likely to face difficulties in a sector which has declined rapidly over the course of the recession.