Redundancies at INM to be voluntary

It is expected that redundancies at Independent News and Media will be voluntary, after a meeting of staff at the company’s headquarters yesterday.

Staff were told that there will be first-round offers of redundancies but no numbers were mentioned. The management did not rule out pay cuts in the future.

Senior management at the company outlined a number of new work practices, including the merging of the Irish Independent and Herald news desks that will result in a number of senior staff redundancies.