WARNINGS OF HIGH JOB LOSSES IN GALWAY NEXT YEAR

Date Published: 29-Dec-2008

The Small Firms Association says it expects the level of redundancies in Galway next year to surpass the figures for this year.Galway was the third worst-hit county in the country this year, with 2,059 redundancies recorded, over 5 per cent of the national level. Over 37-thousand redundancies were recorded nationally in 2008.Sixty nine per cent of job losses were incurred by males.Avina McNally of the Small Firms Association says strong leadership is now required for the next 12 months.