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Thu 08 Aug 2008Jobs blow for Cork as Pfizer to close plant
CORK SUFFERED a jobs blow yesterday with the announcement by one of the country's largest pharmaceutical employers, Pfizer, that it is to close one of its plants in Little Island with the loss of 180 jobs after it failed to find a buyer for the facility.
Pfizer had flagged the likely closure of its OPS 4-6 facility at Little Island on July 3rd last when workers at the plant were informed by management that a planned sale of the facility had fallen through following negotiations with an interested party.
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