O’Keeffe to pledge support for threatened Quinn staff

ENTERPRISE Minister Batt O’Keeffe will meet worker representatives from Quinn Insurance today to pledge support to staff facing redundancy.

Some 900 job losses were announced on Friday as former billionaire tycoon Sean Quinn revealed plans to sell his flagship insurance company.

Administrators appointed to beleaguered Quinn Insurance said the massive cuts – hitting more than a third of the company’s 2,400-strong workforce – were needed to safeguard the business’s future.