Warning signs ignored, claims Opposition

THE GOVERNMENT has denied Opposition suggestions that ministers ignored clear warning signs from Pfizer top brass that they needed more Government help to save jobs here.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said the multinational had been sending up “distress flares” for several months which had gone unnoticed.

The accusation was dismissed by Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, who claimed the mass job losses “had nothing to do with the Irish economy” but were the result of global overcapacity at the drugs group.