150 Aer Lingus workers face voluntary redundancy

As many as 150 Aer Lingus staff across Dublin, Cork, and Shannon airports could be made redundant as a result of a voluntary severance scheme which was opened to employees earlier this week.

The redundancies are part of the company’s Core programme, launched last year, which is aimed at increasing productivity and realising cost savings through a reduction in headcount across parts of the business.

The redundancies will take effect between March 1 and December 31 and are not related to IAG’s takeover bid.