Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Ireland
Region
Border, Midland and Western; Midland; Midland
Location of affected unit(s)
Laois
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10 - Manufacture of food products

100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
29 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 August 2009

Description

It has been announced that 100 redundancies are to occur at Meadow Meats, a meat-processing plant in County Laois in the Irish Midlands region. The redundancies are due to a decision by parent Dawn Meats Group to merge part of its operations with another factory in County Waterford. The comapny has said that it will offer new positions in Waterford, to those laid off in Laois, but the union has suggested that few of the existing staff will be able to transfer to take up the positions. Waterford is some distance from Laois. At present, 150 staff work at Meadow Meats. The plant's boning facility is to be closed by the end of August. However, cattle slaughtering at the plant will continue and 50 people who currently work in the abattoir will remain in employment.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Meadow Meats, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 69190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69190.