Tegral workers suffer because of government failure– Daly

As 28 more workers are faced with redundancy from the Tegral factory the true impact of government policy is being felt in Athy according to Cllr Richard Daly of Fine Gael.

“The complete collapse of the building industry and the failure of any government incentive on any public projects has left another group of Tegral workers faced with redundancy as demand slumps.

Protecting existing jobs is as vital and is usually considerably easier than creating new ones but the government have taken their eye completely off the ball and allowed industries throughout the country to experience massive job losses.

In the best of times Athy suffered high unemployment to a point where an Investment forum was established to attract employment opportunities.

To see an existing company like Tegral shed more of its workforce is a huge disappointment to the workers, their families and the whole town. Recently we have seen the closure of a number of retail outlets and more importantly the Batchelors factory with the loss of more and more jobs.

At this stage only a change of government could instil some confidence into our ailing economy. While the rest of the world is battling and beginning to overcome recession we are failing to take any action, watching our credit rating decline and are years behind the world recovery.”

“Tegral can not be allowed to be a casualty of government failure and must be protected. Immediate action is required if one of our town’s few remaining industries is to be secured.” Said Cllr Daly