Job cuts bring Premier Foods’ layoffs to 180

YESTERDAY’S announcement that 95 jobs are to be lost at the Premier Foods Ireland plant in Thurles brings to almost 180 the number of jobs the company is cutting nationwide.

Before the end of the year it will close its Chivers plant in Coolock with the loss of 58 staff. It is also shutting its RHM plant in Tallaght where 26 employees will lose their jobs.

In its announcement regarding the 95 employees in Erin Foods in Thurles yesterday, Premier Foods said it had carried out a review of its manufacturing across its operation. That review recommended the consolidation of production of key brands across the company’s portfolio.