Fears mount for future of 550 plant jobs

FEARS are growing for the future of 550 jobs at a manufacturing plant after the entire workforce was yesterday put on protective notice.

Staff at Braun Ireland Ltd in Carlow Town, which once employed 1,500 staff, were put on protective notice because of an overtime ban introduced at the plant almost two weeks ago.

The company shed 200 jobs last year and sought 10 voluntary redundancies from management and administrative staff last month.