Job task force for region ‘not shelved’
However, SIPTU Donegal branch secretary Sean Reilly said this was nothing to boast about when 4,000 jobs had been lost in the past five years on a very conservative estimate.
Meanwhile, the clothing company Fruit of the Loom made it clear yesterday they would press ahead with plans to close its two Irish factories over a period of five years with the loss of more than 630 jobs.
