Leading employers to cut more than 500 jobs

TWO of the country’s leading employers in Kildare and Waterford are to lay off more than 500 staff.

Less than a year after it announced it was cutting 500 of its workforce in Kilbarry, Waterford Crystal yesterday told unions it wants a further 280 cuts.

And in Newbridge, the workforce at medical giant Wyeth Medica was yesterday told 250 staff are to be laid off before the end of 2009.