O’Dea rows back on E6 comments after staff challenge

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea yesterday moved to qualify comments he made on the Element Six stand-off after being challenged by workers at the under-threat Shannon plant.

The Limerick-based minister, in a weekend statement, had urged the company and workers to attend talks at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) without any preconditions.

He said dialogue was the only method by which jobs could be saved at the firm.