Motorola staff meet with management

Staff at the Motorola factory in Cork are meeting with management about the closure of the plant, which will result in the loss of 330 jobs.

The company is expecting the majority of employees to have left the company by the end of May 2007. The small number of employees who remain with the firm will become home workers.

"During the consultation period, all parties have worked very hard to ensure that every possible avenue has been explored. Regrettably, none of these offered a viable alternative for continuing Motorola operations at the site," the company said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Motorola has pledged to help their former workers find alternate employment as quickly as possible.