A thief told a colleague at a Co Tipperary drugs manufacturer that he needed just two Valium for a pain in his head — but he ended up stealing 6,000.

More than 130 jobs are at risk following the appointment by the High Court of a provisional liquidator to a Co Tipperary-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

Workers at a Co Tipperary pharmaceutical plant face almost two years of pain if they accept Labour Court proposals concerning pay cuts and other cost-saving measures.