Hi-tech casualty as Celestica cuts 310 jobs

A HI-TECH electronics factory in north Dublin has become the latest casualty of the downturn in the telecommunications sector. Canadian company Celestica announced yesterday that it was closing its Swords facility, with the loss of 250 permanent and 60 temporary jobs.

Celestica once employed almost 1,000 people at its Dublin factory and has twice cut its workforce over the past two years in a bid to survive the demand dip.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Mary Harney said the telecommunications business around the world had been going through a tough time lately and the closure of Celestica was yet another symptom of those difficulties.