{"id":88188,"date":"2025-10-18T06:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/88188\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:26:16","slug":"talks-over-job-cuts-at-limerick-car-parts-manufacturer-scheduled-for-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/88188\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks over job cuts at Limerick car parts manufacturer scheduled for next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNION <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/233\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">representatives<\/a> are to sit down with management at automotive parts manufacturer Kostal next month to discuss plans to cut up to half its workforce in Abbeyfeale.<\/p>\n<p>There are fears that 200 jobs out of the 400 on site in the town on the Limerick-Kerry border could go, as Kostal, the German parts manufacturer transfers a key production line to China.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news, which emerged last month, Siptu representatives held talks on site in Abbeyfeale late last week.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/breaking-news\/1920367\/im-going-to-stay-mother-in-limerick-fights-against-forced-relocation-of-200-ipas-residents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018I\u2019m going to stay\u2019: Mother in Limerick fights against forced relocation of 200 Ipas residents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been no further development since then, with Government not yet notified of any job losses.<\/p>\n<p>In situations where there are widespread redundancies, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, need to be formally informed.<\/p>\n<p>Siptu organiser Rory Hawkins confirmed a meeting was held on Thursday, October 9 last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no news yet. Kostal are still in talks with clients. They cannot commit to the line overseas until they have agreement with these clients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A further meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 7.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the company said: \u201cKostal has been present in Ireland since 1981 and remains committed to acting in a fair, balanced and constructive way as the company navigates the current challenges facing the automotive industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinn Fein Senator Joanne Collins said Government need to step up its efforts to help staff facing redundancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the workers in there would have gone straight into Kostal from secondary school. That\u2019s the way it was done in the 1980s. Sixteen and 17-year-olds wouldn\u2019t have known anything else. They wouldn\u2019t have done an interview in 40 years.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNION representatives are to sit down with management at automotive parts manufacturer Kostal next month to discuss plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5316,72,46,61,60,1396],"class_list":["post-88188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-abbeyfeale","tag-business","tag-cork","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}