Protest over FÁS jobs loss fears

WORKERS about to lose their positions on FÁS-sponsored jobs initiative schemes in Limerick held a two-hour protest yesterday.

The terminations could affect up to 200 people in five of the poorer areas of the city.

FÁS guidelines say those employed by the schemes for three years must be replaced by people over 35 who have been out of work for more than five years.