Monthly Archives: September 2011

This was all over Liveline.

The Irish Cancer Society sez:

Teen-friendly popular Irish boy band Westlife are playing a tobacco sponsored concert in Indonesia on 5 October. The brand is Clas Mild, designed with young people as the target market. Westlife do some amazing work to support young people and cancer charities, among others. Please ask them to say no to tobacco sponsorship www.facebook.com/Westlife or on Twitter @westlifemusic @kianeganwl @markusfeehily @nickybyrneoffic @ShaneFilan79

Better get spinning Louis.

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July 20, 2010: Former Taoiseach  Brian Cowen with Covidien Chairman, President and CEO Richard J Meelia and former  Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O Keeffe at the opening of Covidien’s ‘European Service’ in Cherrywood Dublin.

Today:

Jobs are under threat at a leading multinational medical devices company after it revealed plans to move a major manufacturing wing to Thailand.

The 600-strong workforce at the Covidien plant in Athlone have been warned about possible cuts and talks on redundancy have begun.

 

Medical Device Firm Jobs Threatened (Belfast Telegraph)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)