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

Pfizer workers went through a rollercoaster of emotions, with anger, fear, and in some cases relief intermingling as they were finally told of 177 jobs cuts at the company’s two Cork factories.

ARRANGEMENTS are being made to fast-track social welfare payments for staff of Cork Opera House, who will be temporarily laid off next month.

ONE of the country’s largest theatres is to close for three months as part of a cost-cutting survival plan.

SIPTU is to ask the Labour Relations Commission to intervene to get better redundancy terms for its members who have been let go by Smurfitt Kappa in Cork.