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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
14 August 2010
Description
One of Ireland's largest land transport companies has ceased trading with 100 staff being made redundant. Liam Carroll Transport and Refrigeration, which is based in Thurles, County Tipperary, attributed the announcement to the country's severe recession and bad debts.
Sources
14 August 2010: RTE
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Liam Carroll Transport and Refrigeration, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 70835, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70835.