GALWAY REDUNDANCIES DOUBLE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR

Date Published: 03-Jul-2009

Redundancies in Galway have doubled in the first 6 months of the year compared to last year.The figures were released by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment.They show that 1,926 people became redundant in the months of January to June compared to 919 in the same period last year.Head of research at ISME, Jim Curran says the costs involved in running Galway businesses are among the factors leading to redundancies.