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Updated at 13.25pm
THE FEARS OF Irish workers at Coty have been confirmed, as the beauty product manufacturer announced the closure of its Tipperary plant today, affecting some 200 workers.
“As a result of this study we are proposing to consolidate our cosmetics operations into two core centres which will result in the closure of the Nenagh plant.
Specific timelines are still under consideration and subject to consultation, but we propose to complete the Nenagh volume transition by the end of calendar year 2018.
Staff at the plant, which produces Max Factor beauty products, were called to a meeting at midday today at which the announcement was made.
“The executive has taken every measure to stave off job losses. However, we’ve been told to hope for the best but to expect the worst,” Sinn Féin’s Seamus Morris told Fora.
“It’s a huge body blow to everyone in the town because a couple of years ago staff were told the plant was moving to Poland, but they worked hard to stave off that move through talks with the company.”
In a released statement, the company said it commenced a review of global manufacturing capacities last October and will deliver those findings to employees in Nenagh today.
The spokesperson said this study will “define the best manufacturing footprint to deliver our future growth and is still “subject to board approval”.
Commenting on the announcement, Juan Miguel Pacheco, plant manager at Nenagh said they would work closely with workers and their families throughout the consultation and “to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and with respect”.
Foreign investment
The plant is based on the old site of the Procter & Gamble manufacturing facility, and has been in operation since 1978. It was acquired by Coty last October as part of a $12.9 billion merger deal.
It is expected that Coty, which also produces other fragrances and skincare products for Rimmel and Calvin Klein, will move the operations of the Irish plant to a similar facility in the UK.
Morris said that the announcement is a bit of a surprise because the feeling was the Brexit vote would sway the company to keep it Irish plant and close its operation in Kent.
He added that the county council has requested a meeting with Minister for Jobs Mary Mitchell O’Connor to talk about the issue.
“This Coty plant is the last foreign direct investment of its size in Nenagh. FDI just hasn’t been flowing into the area,” he said.
Morris added that the area is “very fortunate” that payments processor First Data is opening a new European research and development centre in the area. That move is expected to generate up to 300 jobs for the area.
With reporting from Gráinne Ní Aodha
Written by Killian Woods and posted on Fora.ie
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Look it’s simple, I’m never putting my life at risk for some R&R. You cannot predict when these will happen and it’s just a natural that people do not want to put themselves in danger.
Getting on the Tube in London is risky too, but I’d bet you’d do it without a second’s thought.
Keep thinking like that and you might as well never get out of bed.
So is the luas red line
You can predict when they will hit. It’s called meteorology. There is a typhoon season you Wally and anytime outside of this is perfectly safe. Actually, normally typhoons pass without any danger, this just happened to be the biggest to ever make land.
So thats why natural disasters kill so many people? I won’t go to Japan either. Or the US. As I said people are free to be as adventerous as they like I didnt say everybody shouldn’t go, I said I wouldnt go. But I guess insecure thrill seekers “loving life” took my personal opinion on my travel plans as an insult. And from the drop in tourisim it would seem that others share my view at aleast for now. No doubts this time next year or sooner it will be on the incline again.
Or Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Turkey, all of whom can suffer from fatal earthquakes.
And sure there’s the chance of a race riot in France, so you can’t go there either.
Rule out Belgium too, because with the headquarters of both NATO and the EU in Brussels, God knows what could happen there.
Scandinavia’s gone as well. Bears and wolves, as well as the chance of getting snowed in and not being able to get to the shop to buy supplies.
Cork’s a no-go because of the annual flooding of the city centre.
Being obnoxious about the fact I wont travel to places that suffer higher rates of natural disasters shows just how emotionally immature you are.
You also seem to think that by not travelling im some how missing out on something? I would advise you just a moment to think about whether its all about personal experiences, just because you travel and it gives you some sense of something does not in any way, shape or form mean that it would mean anything to me. It wouldn’t. I choose not to go to these places because as an adult I can asses if I would enjoy the idea of something. Traveling to certain destinations no matter how recommended, would not be a pleasant experience for me, therefor I refuse to waste my time and money.
One of the most beautiful places I’ve been to. Hopefully tourism picks back up, i’d be back there like a light if i had the time : )
Ditto!
I agree Grainne, well said!
Clown
Nearly everywhere on the planet has been devastated by a natural disaster or war at some point..
Well, the world is 4.6 billion years old, so I wouldn’t be surprised!
Yes becuase I wont travel to a place that got devistated by a natural disaster, I should stay in bed…..
Do you drive?
Nope
Dived here to see the Thresher sharks, it didn’t disappoint. It’s a little gem of an island and I wish it a speedy recovery.
Right that’s decided where I’m going this year ……
Dump
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