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Merck Pharmaceuticals, Swords

martinn123 · 2013-11-28 14:48:52

Possible bad news on the way. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/concerns-for-500-jobs-at-dublin-pharma-plant-615630.html Let's hope it's not another blow for the area, 500 jobs on the line. Edit, update, 570 jobs to go

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28-11-2013 3:48pm

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Possible bad news on the way.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/concerns-for-500-jobs-at-dublin-pharma-plant-615630.html

Let's hope it's not another blow for the area, 500 jobs on the line.

Edit, update, 570 jobs to go

Newstalk 106-108 fm ‏@Newstalkfm
570 workers at Merck pharmaceutical in Dublin have been told the plant is to close

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#2 28-11-2013 5:35pm
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Heard this earlier, the only silver lining is that the plant will close by 2017 so hopefully some of the staff will have a chance to find other jobs in that timeframe.

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#3 28-11-2013 9:57pm
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First round of redundancies (150) starting in the summer.

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