Irish Open factory protest to go ahead

A PROTEST by workers at the Liebherr container crane factory, in Killarney, is to go ahead on Thursday at the opening of 3 Irish Open Golf Championship in the town, SIPTU confirmed yesterday.

The workers are up in arms because, they claim, the company is forcing them to take two days’ holidays so that parking facilities at the factory will be available to patrons attending the golf tournament.

Liebherr has said that, with large numbers of people at the tournament, the plant, which is directly across the road from the course, would not be able to function properly.