03/09/2012
CRH To Cut 55 Posts
Building materials firm CRH is to axe 55 jobs at its Irish Cement plant in Limerick.
The company said the restructuring follows five years of decline in the Irish construction industry, with activity down 80 per cent from a peak in 2007.
It is believed the plan will be discussed with employees and unions over the coming days.
(CD/GK)
The company said the restructuring follows five years of decline in the Irish construction industry, with activity down 80 per cent from a peak in 2007.
It is believed the plan will be discussed with employees and unions over the coming days.
(CD/GK)
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16 May 2008
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21 March 2008
Anglo Irish Bank Investigated
The financial regulator has launched an investigation into unusual share dealings in Ireland. Banking and credit turmoil has drastically affected many Irish banks, but the Anglo Irish Bank pricked the attention of the regulator after its failure to recover from serious falls in its share price.
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25 August 2016
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The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys, is to attend the Edinburgh International Culture Summit. Minister Humphreys will attend a number of meetings during her visit, including Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs.
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18 November 2010
Irish Guardsman Dies In Afghan Firefight
The Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson has this morning expressed his sympathy to the family of a soldier from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards who has been killed in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that he was shot in an ambush while patrolling in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province yesterday afternoon.
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The Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson has this morning expressed his sympathy to the family of a soldier from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards who has been killed in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that he was shot in an ambush while patrolling in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province yesterday afternoon.
30 June 2010
Russian Espionage Scandal Used Irish Passports
It has emerged that at least one false Irish passport was used by a Russian spy ring allegedly operating in the US. The passport is said to have been passed to a Richard Murphy, who is among 11 people currently under trail in Manhattan Federal court, charged with being a Russian spy.
Russian Espionage Scandal Used Irish Passports
It has emerged that at least one false Irish passport was used by a Russian spy ring allegedly operating in the US. The passport is said to have been passed to a Richard Murphy, who is among 11 people currently under trail in Manhattan Federal court, charged with being a Russian spy.
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