119 jobs to go as Cork firm shuts

US wireless security firm Harris Corporation is to close its operations in Cork with the loss of 119 jobs.

US wireless security firm Harris Corporation is to close its operations in Cork with the loss of 119 jobs.

The company, which employs 69 permanent and 50 part-time staff, is to close in June next year. The decision follows a strategic review by the company which started in August.

The facility is based at Ballytrasna, Little Island, outside Cork city. A spokesman said the reason for the closure was the level of duplication that exists with its manufacturing operations in the US.

A redundancy package has been agreed and an outplacement company is assisting the workforce in securing alternative employment.

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Fine Gael Cork South-Central deputy Simon Coveney said the news was “devastating for all involved”.

“The confirmation at Harris is part of a broader jobs crisis in Ireland. There are 430,000 people on the Live Register yet the Fianna Fáil Government has failed to take any concerted action to address the unemployment crisis.”