Workers unhappy at severance package

SIPTU is to ask the Labour Relations Commission to intervene to get better redundancy terms for its members who have been let go by Smurfitt Kappa in Cork.

Just 24 hours after the workforce of 173 staff was to be reduced to approximately 30, union representatives met with the company to see if any more jobs could be saved and to discuss redundancy terms.

It is understood the staff were offered 3.5 weeks’ pay per year of service capped at 79 weeks.