Opposition TDs demand Government action as unemployment crisis deepens

IN the wake of the latest in an ongoing series of job setbacks in Carrick-on-Suir, local Opposition TDs yesterday demanded immediate Government action to redress what they insist has become a crisis situation.

The south Tipperary town is reeling under Wednesday’s shock announcement that the Sram bicycle component manufacturing company is to close its local plant within nine months with the loss of 53 jobs.

With almost 900 people on the unemployment register in the town last December, this latest setback will push the total closer to the 1,000 figure.