Munster Express managers reject job-saving plan

ONE of the country’s oldest newspapers faces “the proposed culling of half the total 24 jobs” after trade union Unite yesterday said its proposals “have been rejected by management”.

Declining advertising revenue and circulation at The Munster Express, one of the largest-selling regional papers in the south-east, are understood to have led to 12 redundancies being sought in August.

The publication is the only regional newspaper that prints its editions in-house, but it is understood that several areas of production, including printing, are likely to be outsourced.