163 jobs lost as dispute ends in closure of plant

A LIMERICK company that had been locked in a bitter industrial dispute for nearly two weeks, yesterday announced closure of its plant with the loss of 163 jobs.

And, in a separate industrial setback, a further 100 jobs also appear to be at risk in Dublin.

In Limerick, meanwhile, a spokesman for Atlas Aluminium said workers were told at the weekend of the decision to close and a redundancy package was agreed with the workers’ unions, SIPTU and TEEU.