Glanbia announces 35 redundancies

FOOD company Glanbia is shutting down part of its Waterford plant with the loss of 35 jobs.

Glanbia Consumer Foods Ireland confirmed yesterday that it will transfer the packing of milk at its Glenville facility to its operation at Ballitore in Co Kildare at the end of September.

The move will result in 35 redundancies at the Glenville site with 11 jobs being retained to continue with order assembly at the facility.