84 jobs to go as call centre shuts down

CORK was dealt another major jobs blow yesterday when a large call centre announced it is shutting down within weeks with the loss of 84 jobs.

Customer service employees at the call centre of credit card insurance business CIMS in Mahon left in tears after a short meeting yesterday morning during which they were told the company was transferring all operations to its main call centre in Portsmouth, England by March 19.

The company was renting space from RCI but yesterday’s announcement will not affect RCI’s operations.