DONEGAL’S former flagship employer, Fruit of the Loom, is to end manufacturing in the county one year ahead of schedule.

Donegal’s former flagship employer, Fruit of the Loom, is to end manufacturing in the county one year ahead of schedule.

A two-year-old boy was hit in the face with a bottle and a woman squirted with petrol in a series of sectarian attacks on Tyrone fans returning home from their All-Ireland triumph.

THE Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment rejected claims yesterday that a Task Force launched by Tánaiste Mary Harney for Donegal in 1999 had been shelved, claiming more than 1,000 jobs had been created since it was set up.

CLOTHING company Fruit of the Loom is to shut its two Irish factories with the loss of 650 jobs.

Northern Ireland’s largest textile company – Strabane-based Adria – today announced it was merging with the international Quantum Clothing Group.