The Canadian electronics firm Celestica has announced plans to shed 80 jobs at its plant in Galway within the coming weeks.

MEDICAL devices firm Boston Scientific is closing its 120-job plant in Co Donegal next year and computer-maker IBM has sought a similar number of redundancies in Dublin, while Galway-based electronics firm Celestica is looking for 80 voluntary redundancies.

A Canadian-based electronics company is to create 120 jobs at its operation in Galway.

GALWAY-BASED manufacturing firm Celestica is to create 120 jobs following a huge expansion, which will allow it to produce a new product used with iPods and mobile phones.

THE IDA has hard questions to answer in light of today’s revelation that six multinational companies which pulled out of Ireland in the past year have yet to repay their grants.

OVER €31 million in IDA grants was paid to 33 companies which pulled out of Ireland last year, the latest figures reveal.

Of the 33 IDA-supported companies that left Ireland in 2003, Celestica received the most in State aid, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

Stocks sagged on Wall Street today after Coca-Cola and several other companies issued gloomy forecasts, and lower-than-expected figures on industrial production for August threw the broader US economic outlook into question.

IONA Technologies has significantly reduced its third quarter loss to $2 million, leaving the software company poised to return to profits by the end of this year.

ALMOST 1,000 job losses were announced yesterday in Dublin and Kildare, with two major hi-tech firms moving operations to the Far East and eastern Europe.

THE WEST Dublin suburb of Blanchardstown was delivered a massive employment blow yesterday with the news that a major employer is to axe up to 650 jobs.

A total of 150 posts are to be created in Dublin through a deal between Microsoft and the SITEL customer services provider.

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.

The Tanaiste Mary Harney has described the closure announcement of the Celestica electronics plant in Swords, Co Dublin, as a shocking blow to the company's workforce and the local community.

The Celestica electronics plant in Swords, Co Dublin, is set to announce its closure later today with the loss of 250 jobs.

THE fall-out from global economic downturn hit hard yesterday when Celestica Electronics shed half of its workforce of 500 at Swords, Co Dublin.

The Tanaiste, Mary Harney, has expressed disappointment at the decision by the Celestica electronics firm to lay off 250 workers in north Dublin.

The Celestica electronics company is to halve its 500-strong workforce in Ireland, it announced today.

Telecom equipment maker Tellabs posted a 96% drop in Q1 profits on lower sales. The company announced that it would cut 1,200 jobs, or 18% of its workforce.

Celestica said yesterday that its revenues in 2002 would continue to fall because of weak demand from electronics firms.

This year more jobs have been lost than created in foreign companies brought to Ireland by the IDA.

RTE has become the third Irish company to announce lay-offs today, with 160 jobs expected to be lost across all divisions of the company.

Ninety more job losses in Ireland's hi-tech sector were confirmed today when the Logica company, which develops mobile phone software, said there would be lay-offs at their plants in Dublin and Cork.

A training and job placement initiative is being established for north county Dublin to help find alternative work for staff laid off at Celestica, Aer Lingus, Gateway and Morocco.

Electronics company Celestica has announced plans to lay off 450 workers at its plant in Swords, Co Dublin.

Nortel Networks reported its Q3 results, which showed a $3.5bn loss, or $1.08 a share, compared to a loss of $586bn, or 17 cents a share a year ago.