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Wednesday, 16 April 2008

The announcement that a further 200 jobs are to be lost in Tallaght has been described as a major blow to the Southside.
The news that 208 workers employed at a Tesco distribution centre in Tallaght will have to relocate to other parts of the company’s chain follows the loss of hundreds of other local jobs in the first three months of this year
Tesco announced last week that it will amalgamate the Tallaght warehousing operation with its new distribution facility on the Northside. It indicated that up to half of the Tallaght staff could be accommodated at the Donabate site, while the remainder would be offered employment elsewhere in the company.
It was stressed that there would be no compulsory redundancies, and the company added that it is planning to recruit up to 1,000 new employees this year.
However, the relocation of the jobs from Tallaght follows the loss of hundreds of other jobs earlier this year.
In February another major employer in the area, Jacobs Fruitfield, said it would be pulling out on a phased basis shedding all 230 manufacturing jobs at its factory by early next year.

Last month, Tallaght based company Microprint, which is behind some of the country’s best-known magazine titles, also announced it would close with the loss of all 130 jobs.
Dublin South West TD (FG) Brian Hayes said the Tesco announcement would come as a major blow to many employees at the Tallaght distribution centre.
“Commuting to Donabate may not be possible for many workers and my thoughts go out to them today,” he said. “Coming on the back of job losses at Jacobs and Microprint, there are now real fears that Tallaght is suffering badly in terms of employment.”
Following the announcement, SIPTU said it would work to minimise job losses at Tesco.
SIPTU branch organiser, John Dunne, said: “We will be working to ensure that the commitment given by management about job opportunities in Donabate and in the wider Tesco operation is fully explored.
“We will do everything we can to protect the jobs and the conditions of employment for our members.”
The job prospects for the area are unlikely to improve in the near future after revelations last week that the unemployment rate in the country has jumped from 5.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent - a figure not seen since June 1999
The headline figure from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed an increase in the number of unemployed of 8,507 to 197,992, beating February's record rise of 8,000. This represented a 27 per cent increase on the same month last year, the biggest monthly percentage rise since March 1983.
The seasonally adjusted Live Register figure rose by 12,000 from February to reach 199,900. This was the biggest rise on record.
In addition, a survey predicted last week that unemployment rates are to soar over the next two years.
The latest quarterly commentary from training and employment agency FAS predicts the number of jobless will grow to 6.6 per cent in 2009.
Last month, the ESRI predicted unemployment would increase this year to more than six per cent but would then stabilise.

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