Wicklow pharma company MSD to cut 280 jobs, plan to cease operations by 2015

on 07/03/2013 09:15:07

Two hundred and eighty jobs are being cut at a pharmaceutical company in Co Wicklow.

Staff at MSD's Rathdrum site were called to a meeting to discuss the cuts this morning.

It is understood the cuts are part of a worldwide reduction in costs at the company.

Their plant in Rathrdum will cease operations by the end of 2015.

The company have been in Wicklow since 1961.