Chill wind adds to unease in area wracked by unemployment

‘SAVE Irish Jobs’ screams the Nice Treaty campaign poster on the ESB pole at the entrance to the IFI plant.

This cruel irony will remain a source of annoyance to the hundreds of workers whose fate has been utterly changed by yesterday's decision.

The chill wind coming off the harbour waters in Cobh last night merely added to the general feeling of unease and shock.