No January return for workers at Crown Control site

But developers claim work to begin again in March

Work at the multi-million euro Crown Control development in Mervue has stopped and will not be starting up again in January.

But despite the constant speculation that surrounds the project, its developers insist that work has only stopped because they have managed to secure a “key” client for the site. They claim that design changes are now required before work begins on the site again at the end of March.

What now for Galway?

Galway has changed. Ireland has changed. To the backdrop of the global finance meltdown this city has not escaped the unprecedented downturn that ravages our country day after day.

If five years ago anyone had suggested as much we would have laughed. But now we hover above the abyss. Today Galway, a city that has thrived on the sandy foundations of our economic boom, wakes up daily to more job losses, more closures, reduced working hours.

Job loss fears for city plant

Workers at city manufacturing plant, Celestica, have serious concerns over their job safety in January.

On Firday a company source informed Galway First several staff at the plant in Ballybrit were to be made redundant with more jobs going after Christmas.

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