Up to 425 jobs at risk as two firms grapple with loss of business

THERE are fears that up to 425 more people are about to be added to the dole queue after two firms announced job cut plans.

In separate announcements, Dublin-based firms Poker Kings and Allied Logistics, a subsidiary of Allied Foods, said they may have to let hundreds of workers go because of pressing financial issues.

The most worrying situation is at Poker Kings, based in Cherrywood, which could make 250 staff redundant after an online poker firm for which it provided marketing and IT services withdrew from the US market after an FBI probe.