Jobs ‘little comfort’ for redundant workers

THE jobs announced yesterday for a pharmaceutical plant in north county Dublin provide little comfort for the 250 workers made redundant in the area last week, the Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (INOU) said.

Some 380 jobs will be created at Gerard Laboratories over the next six years.

Tánaiste Mary Harney said the company’s 40m expansion underlined Ireland’s reputation as a leading location for global pharmaceutical companies.