Yves Rocher looks set to cut its workforce in Cork by 50%, meaning at least 50 jobs could be lost.

French skincare giant Yves Rocher is shedding jobs and cutting operational activity by a third at its Cork manufacturing plant.

Ireland’s ambassadors to developing nations have been warned to switch their attention from “Ferrero Rocher-style receptions” to better control of finances in the wake of the €4m Ugandan aid fraud scandal.

BEAUTY care firm Yves Rocher is investing €3.7 million in its Cork operations, in a move that will create 30 jobs.

THE French businessman who is on a mission to plant 50 million trees around the world by 2014, has travelled to Blarney Castle to take in the estates’s arboretum which boasts a collection of trees that are up to 600 years old.