Ahern pledges help for axed P&G workers

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight insisted the Government would do everything it could to help 280 employees facing redundancy after cosmetics giant Procter & Gamble announced massive cuts.

Shifting its skincare manufacturing from Tipperary to a low-cost base in Poland, the company will slash more than half of its workforce in Nenagh by the end of 2009 in a cost-cutting drive.