Large employers warn jobs will go if Heathrow route lost

LEADING employers in the mid-west yesterday warned how the loss of the Heathrow service to Shannon will threaten job prospects throughout the region.

As the campaign to force Aer Lingus to reverse its decision gathered pace, employers said the move would see companies change their business plans.

Managing director of Avocent Ireland and senior-vice president of the global corporation Kieran MacSweeney said the region would not survive unscathed.