Closure is ‘double whammy’ for engaged work colleagues

CLAIRE LARRISSEY wept yesterday as she spoke about how her plans for a fairytale wedding to fiance, and work colleague, David Nolan have been thrown into confusion by the imminent closure of Talk Talk in Waterford.

“It’s a double whammy,” she said, the couple reflecting on the news inflicted on them and 573 colleagues on Wednesday which will leave them jobless in early October.

“I went to college in Maynooth and have an honours degree in maths and microbiology and worked here because it stopped a gap. Now I’m going to be on the dole and no prospects of any sort of job, even with a degree. I qualified in or around the time the recession started,” Claire said.