Blow to Cork as Harris Corporation announces 119 job losses
Harris, which only took over the operation from the wireless systems section of Tyco Electronics in May, said it was closing the east Cork factory due to the duplication of services provided there with its existing facilities elsewhere in the world.
“On August 26, Harris Corporation announced to its employees at its facility at Little Island, its plans to undertake an assessment of its overall business strategy and determine the optimal use of its resources,” a spokesman said. “It was anticipated at that time that the company would reach a final determination of the operations at the Cork facility by the first week in October. On October 6, the company advised its employees at Ballytrasna of its decision to phase out operations at the facility by the end of June of 2010.
