IBEC VOICES CONCERN ABOUT JOB LOSSES IN GALWAY

Date Published: 18-Feb-2008

Concern is being expressed about the high number of job losses in Galway last year.The Department of Enterprise recieved over 1,172 notifications of redundancies in Galway last yearThe Irish Business and Employers Confederation IBEC says the high level of job losses will inevitably impact on the development of the county.IBEC thinks increases in local authority charges to businesses are being used to fund public sector wage costs and are not being used to improve infrastructureJohn Brennan, Director of IBEC West says if businesses in Galway wish to stem the unemployment problem they must improve their overall competitiveness