Union official demands action on jobs crisis

PAYING lip service, at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, to the jobs crisis in the manufacturing industry in Kerry was not enough, a trade union official warned yesterday.

SIPTU’s Andrew McCarthy said it was time action was taken to deal with a “dire situation” as thousands of jobs had been lost in Kerry in recent years.

The Kerry-based official said: “Jobs are disappearing all the time and there’s absolutely nothing coming in.”