80 staff face redundancies in cash and carry operation

CORK company Musgrave Wholesale Partners has confirmed it is to make 80 staff on both sides of the border redundant as part of a reshaping of its cash and carry business.

There will be 55 jobs lost in depots in the Republic over the next six months and 25 jobs will go over a four-month period from its operation in Belfast.

Of the redundancies south of the border the majority are in the Munster region, with 15 jobs being lost in Cork and 14 in Killarney. The remaining 26 are at depots in Dublin, Waterford, Limerick, Galway and Donegal.