The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
173 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 November 2003
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 March 2004
Description
NETg, an e-learning operation in Limerick that employs 173 people, will close in March 2004 as part of a global restructuring measure. NETg is part of the Thomson Corporation, a US multinational information provider. NETg employs about 750 people in the US, Britain and Ireland in total.
Thomson, which owns about 200 subsidiaries, has other operations in the Republic, including another two in Limerick, which between them employ 240 people. It has publishing operations in Dublin that employ about 100 people.
The jobs in NETg's plant in Limerick are at the higher end of the skills spectrum, according to IDA Ireland.
Sources
20 November 2003: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2003), NETg, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 59392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59392.
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