Concern for Aughinish workers as shareholder Deripaska faces sanctions 

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a major shareholder in the Aughinish Alumina plant in West Limerick, faces being added to the EU's next round of sanctions

The Aughinish Alumina plant on the Shannon Estuary employs 450 people.

The European Union is on Wednesday discussing the addition of Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who is a major shareholder in Aughinish Alumina plant in West Limerick, to its next round of sanctions.

Mr Deripaska owns shares in London-listed EN+, owner of Rusal, which in turn owns Aughinish Alumina, which has 450 employees and is one of the Mid-West’s biggest employers.