Martin urged to set up jobs task force in region

MINISTER for Enterprise Trade and Employment Micheál Martin must set up a task force to examine recent job losses in Waterford, Labour Party deputy Brian O’Shea has urged.

The party’s spokesperson on community, rural and Gaeltacht affairs said such a task force could play a crucial role in securing jobs and boosting the diversity of skills on offer in the county.

“I am calling on the minister to immediately put in place a team to examine what is happening in Waterford and come up with ways to assist in preserving jobs and in creating new jobs,” Mr O’Shea said.