There are worries that up to five hundred jobs are going to be lost at a car parts factory in Co Westmeath. The workers at the Iralco plant in Collinstown have been told that the company is to go into voluntary liquidation. In a statement Iralco’s board of directors said the company, which manufactures parts for some of Europe’s top car makers, had been in financial trouble for some time. This is the third major job losses in the midlands in recent weeks, coming on top of the loss of 66 jobs in Kimball Electronics in Longford and 100 at Nexans in Athlone.
