May 8
DHL cuts 320 jobs in Ireland
DHL is seeking 320 redundancies as it closes depots in Athlone, Galway, Sligo, Cavan, Enniscorthy, Waterford and Tralee.
Company representatives are to meet unions on Monday morning, and a DHL Express spokeswoman said the redundancy package offered would be “generous and in line with best practice”.
DHL Express is the courier operation of Europe’s biggest mail and express delivery company, Deutsche Post DHL. DHL employs some 300,000 people in more than 220 countries.
The company operates four divisions in Ireland, which altogether employ 1,600 people.