There are calls for the Minister for Enterprise to establish a taskforce for West Limerick following the announcement that there’ll be around 140 job losses at Kostal Abbeyfeale.
It's understood that its decision to transfer production of on-board chargers from Abbeyfeale to China will occur in the last quarter of this year.
Many people from Kerry work at the West Limerick plant.
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Independent councillor for the Newcastle West Municipal District, which includes Abbeyfeale, Jerome Scanlan says it’s a devastating blow for workers and the local economy.
He says these losses combined with the planned shutdown of the Wyeth facility in Askeaton require Government action:
