O'Keeffe asks IDA to seek buyer for Pfizer plants

The Minister for Enterprise Batt O'Keeffe has asked IDA Ireland to look for companies interested in taking over three Pfizer plants earmarked for closure.

The pharmaceutical firm yesterday announced plans to close plants in Dun Laoghaire in Dublin and in Loughbeg and Shanbally in Cork. It also said it would be scaling back operations in Kildare.