This comes on the heels of a 160 person reduciton at the legacy Schering-Plough Cork facilities, in September of 2010. Do go watch it all at RTE
. . . .Over the next six months, 90 voluntary redundancies will be sought from 455 staff.
The company employs a total of 2,300 people in Carlow, Dublin, Tipperary, Wicklow and Cork.
The job cuts follow a decision by the company to reduce production levels of the Hepatitis C drug Interferon.
MSD site manager Matt Corcoran said that “reducing the workforce is necessary and sadly unavoidable for the site to stay competitive”. . . .
Here’s to hoistin’ one — for my cousins — stay strong! It will get better. And already a tech company — Hittite Microwave — has announced 30 new jobs, in Cork this afternoon, local time. Sure, and begorrah.
