Cork, Carlow plant closures threaten 260 jobs

FACTORY closures were announced in Carlow and Millstreet yesterday, stripping more than 260 manufacturing jobs from recognised employment black-spots.

At 11am the motor industry toolmaker Läpple informed its 140 staff in Carlow it will close its Irish base this year.

The moved prompted Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to warn that if the economy “stays still we will lose ground”.