200 jobs at risk if fertiliser plant closes

THE Board of Irish Fertiliser Industries and shareholders are to discuss the possible closure of the Co Cork plant

Today while the potential 200 job losses is expected to be raised at a cabinet meeting.

Workers’ representatives from the Marino Point plant at Cobh met yesterday with president of the European Parliament Pat Cox and Minister for Health Micheál Martin and emphasised that the plant was worth more than 16m to the local economy.