30 GALWAY JOBS LOST WITH MFG CLOSURE

Date Published: 08-Sep-2011

130 jobs have been lost across the country, up to 30 of them in Galway, with the closure of Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta.

The company, employs 15 full time staff at its offices in Indreabhán and Rosmuc, while around 15 are employed through FÁS and work projects.

The decision to close the company, which has workers in seven Gaeltacht regions, was made at a board meeting in Claregalway yesterday.

The company came to its decision after management company MAZARS advised the board to cease trading immediately.

MFG has been in existence for more than 20 years and offers assistance to many start up companies, organisations and groups in the Gaeltacht regions.

Galway Senator Trevor O'Clochartaigh says the news is devastating for the Galway Gaeltacht region.