‘No Government anger’ over lost jobs

THE company set to make 575 call centre staff redundant next month has insisted the Government did not express any anger over the news and that its discussions with them and the IDA were “constructive”.

Talk Talk is to close its Waterford base within 30 days and management relayed the news to staff at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon, following a morning of briefings with the Government and the IDA.

A company spokesperson said yesterday from the Talk Talk HQ in London that they were “comfortable” with how they handled the announcement which came without warning.