Final severance costs at Molex paid this year
*The former Molex building in Shannon. SEVERANCE costs concerning the closure of Shannon-based electronic manufacturer, Molex continued to be paid this year.
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Jobs boost for Shannon with 150 additional jobs projected at former Molex facility & tenant identified for Avara site
150 additional jobs for the former Molex facility in Shannon have been projected while a tenant for what was previously the Avara site is to be announced in the second half of this year.
Molex closure marks end of an era in Shannon
Molex will close its doors in Shannon this Friday ending its forty years of operation in Co Clare.
100 jobs on the way for Shannon as Aerogen maintains Molex line
100 jobs are to be created in Shannon by the middle of next year, The Clare Echo can exclusively reveal.
‘Shameful & disgraceful’ – Clare Fianna Fáil Chair says members must have say on Government formation
*Michael Enright (left) with Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál Martin. Chairman of Fianna Fáil’s Clare Comhairle Dáil Cheantair, Michael Enright has labelled it “shameful and disgraceful” that party members of the country may be deprived of a say on a historic coalition with Fine Gael.
Breen confident employment stats will help Dáil bid
*Pat Breen. Photograph: Joe Buckley A Junior Minister in the 32nd Dáil, Pat Breen (FG) has expressed his pride with the drop in unemployment figures but maintained big job losses in the county would not hurt his vote.
GE2020 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Martin Conway in Sixmilebridge
A new face but one with experience of being in national politics is the line Senator Martin Conway (FG) is using to try entice the Clare electorate to vote for a new Fine Gael candidate.
Staff at Molex hopeful 100 jobs can be kept
Staff at Molex are hopeful 100 posts can be maintained at its Shannon plant.
O’Brien questions benefit of skills audit to older members of Molex workforce
*Cllr Tony O’Brien. Photograph: Martin Connolly Older employees at Molex may not reap as many benefits as their younger colleagues in the skills audit that is to be carried out among its Shannon workforce, an East Clare councillor has warned.
Job situation in Clare not at crisis point insists Pat Breen
*Pat Breen. Photograph: Arthur Ellis Clare does not need to apply for a EU globalisation fund in light of accumulated job losses throughout the county, Junior Minister Pat Breen has stated.
