The owner of Cadbury is looking to lay off 70 staff at its Dublin production plant.

Trade union officials are seeking urgent meetings with Cadbury’s parent company, Mondelez, after it yesterday announced it would be cutting 222 jobs from across three of its plants in Dublin and Kerry.

One of Ireland’s best-known meat processing plants has closed with the loss of 160 jobs.

One hundred and sixty workers at Olhausen sausages have been told they will receive their outstanding wages for this week and last.