TUAM COUNCILLOR PLEADS TO STOP JOBS GOING ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE

Date Published: 03-Feb-2009

Tuam's Councillor Martin Ward is calling on the Government to prevent Irish jobs being lost to other EU countries.He made his comments at this week’s town council meeting and cited Dell computers move from Limerick to Poland as an example.Councillor Ward said while his proposal might seem like a protectionist policy Ireland must look after jobs for its own people. He says the Government must reduce tax bands further and engage with all foreign companies who are thinking of leaving Ireland because of corporate greed.