MBNA axes 100 jobs in advance of facility’s sale

COMMUNITY leaders have demanded to know whether there is a deliberate strategy to reduce the workforce at the MBNA credit card facility in Carrick-on- Shannon before it is sold.

Bank of America is seeking 100 redundancies there. The current workforce is 750, making it the largest employer in the county.

Staff at the Co Leitrim plant were left reeling after being told yesterday of the planned lay-offs, less than three months after the announcement that the company is exiting the credit card business in Ireland and Britain.