Shock as 180 jobs go at hearing aid firm

A DANISH company which runs the country’s only hearing-aid manufacturing firm is to close its Cork-based operation within weeks with the loss of 180 jobs.

The news came as a complete shock after a good year for the company, staff said last night.

GN ReSound A/S, a subsidiary of GN ReSound A/S of Taastrup, Denmark, confirmed its facility in Model Farm Road Technology Park - in Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin’s constituency - will close by March 31.