ABOUT 160 workers at Belfast aerospace company Shorts will be made compulsorily redundant next month, the company said yesterday.

The Shorts aerospace factory in Belfast has announced that plans to compulsorily lay-off 160 workers next month.

A French-owned engineering company is creating 50 aerospace jobs in Belfast, it was announced today.

Aerospace company Shorts insisted tonight there was no connection between nearly 650 jobs losses and a decision by Canadian parent to expand its workforce in Mexico.

ALMOST 650 jobs are to go at Belfast aerospace company Shorts in the new year because of a downturn in orders.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts moved to reassure its workforce over job security today as its Canadian parent company announced it was suspending production of one of its range of regional jets.

More than 200 Belfast jobs are on the line at aerospace company Shorts after its Canadian parent firm announced it was cutting production rates of one of its aircraft which is partly built in Belfast.

A PLANT in Naas, Co Kildare, is to cut 245 jobs, staff were told yesterday.

INTERNET giant Yahoo has announced plans to create 400 new jobs at its new European headquarters in Dublin.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts announced today it was cutting its workforce by up to 280.

UNION leaders warned of a fresh “emergency” in manufacturing after almost 1,500 job losses were announced on another black day for industry in Britain and the North.

Union leaders tonight warned of a fresh “emergency” in British manufacturing after almost 1,500 job losses were announced on another black day for industry.

Efforts to resolve the long-running pay dispute at Belfast aerospace company Shorts appeared to have broken down tonight.

Workers at the Shorts Aerospace company are to end their strike.

Union leaders at troubled Belfast aerospace company Shorts are meeting today to discuss a management proposal which it is hoped could end the current strike.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts today appealed to striking employees to return to work.

Around 4,000 workers at Belfast aerospace company Shorts remained on strike for a second day today after six hours of informal talks between management and unions failed to find a way out of the dispute.

Thousands of workers at Belfast aerospace company Shorts began an all-out strike today.

Thousands of workers at the Shorts aerospace company in east Belfast were today poised to go on all-out strike.

Aerospace firm Shorts was plunged into a new crisis today after thousands of workers at its Belfast plant launched a sit-in protest.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts confirmed today that 300 jobs are to be axed.

Management at the Shorts aerospace firm in Belfast has reportedly announced plans to lay off 300 workers following their failure to negotiate a new pay deal with their employers.

More than 1,000 workers may lose their jobs in Belfast following the collapse of talks between management and unions at the Shorts aerospace company.

A former Lord Mayor of Belfast tonight urged management and staff at the troubled Belfast aerospace company Shorts to do what they could to safeguard its future.

Trade unions at Belfast aerospace company Shorts are tonight seeking cross-party Westminster support urging the British government to save jobs in the firm.

The Shorts aerospace company has announced that 1,200 Belfast workers may be laid off this year as part of a worldwide restructuring scheme.

Nearly 250 more jobs are to go at Belfast aerospace company Shorts, trade unions said today.

Belfast plane maker Shorts is reducing the number of workers it is making redundant as a result of the global downturn in the airline industry following the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, it announced today.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts is working to reduce the total of up to 2,000 redundancies in Northern Ireland announced by its Canadian parent company Bombardier in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Management at Shorts Aerospace in Belfast have advised their workers to expect up to 2,000 redundancies because of the fallout from the attacks in the United States earlier this month.