NI: 1,500 jobs to be axed as army bases are closed

Around 1,500 civilian jobs are to be axed as part of a sweeping military normalisation programme in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.

NI: 1,500 jobs to be axed as army bases are closed
Wed, 10 May, 2006 - 13:01

Around 1,500 civilian jobs are to be axed as part of a sweeping military normalisation programme in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.

Defence chiefs have also decided to retain just 11 bases and sites for the North’s peacetime army garrison.

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