Roche Pharmaceuticals to cut 25 jobs

Twenty-five jobs are to go at Roche Pharmaceuticals in Co Clare.

Staff have been informed of the losses at a meeting this morning.

The global giant is cutting 6% of its global workforce of 80,000 as part of a €2.7bn restructuring programme. Most of the job losses will be in sales and marketing.

Roche employs some 240 people at Clarecastle in Ireland.