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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Chocolate manufacturer Cadbury Ireland has announced up to 200 redundancies at plants in Dublin and Rathmore, Co Kerry. The UK-owned company has attributed the announcement to recent currency movements (the weakness of sterling and the dollar against the euro), which, it said, had exacerbated the high cost of manufacturing in Ireland. This has contributed to a decline in export demand, the company said. However, Cadbury's suggests it is still committed to its Irish operations. As of June 2009, there is no information on when the job losses will be implemented by.
Eurofound (2009), Cadbury, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 69184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69184.
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