MBNA leaves Leitrim.

[Rossfan]

My cousin & a few friends were employed for years there, sad day for all concerned.

I forgot Carrick-on-Shannon is actually one of those twin towns. Whats the part thats in Roscommon called where the train station is? Devestating for North Roscommon and maybe parts of Longford, Sligo, Fermanagh & Cavan too.

Absolutely spot on MGHU . Let's hope some of it can be salvaged to soften the blow.
Once more the folly of depending on a Multi National for core employment is exposed. These should never have been seen as anything more than something extra to boost things while we also concentrated on our own ( limited enough ) resources.
Cortober is the name of the Ros side of the bridge , part of Shannon Gaels territory.

[Lecale2]

Very bad day.

[Canalman]

Absolute hammer blow for the area. Really don't know whether there is any  hope for the country.

[Aaron Boone]

Finance & pharmaceuticals usually find a buyer quick. Only concern is BoA may sell UK/Irish bits separate and that could leave Carrick high & dry in terms of continuing to service the UK bit.

[muppet]

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/100-mbna-jobs-to-go-in-leitrim-527439.html

More bad news.

[seafoid]

Ireland has a structural problem with unemployment. The boom in construction hid it but now
the wheels have fallen off  and it is back to the 1980s. The education system is not working
for people who aren't interested in the Leaving Cert.
Depending on fly by night MNCs is a cop out.   

[Rossfan]

Much easier for our so called leaders to run around the US giving sweeteners to Multi Nationals to set up and milk it till the sugar runs out. Then hi ho hi ho off we go.
Much more difficult to try and develop our own indigenous resources .
The old stereotype comes to mind -
If the Dutch had Ireland they'd feed the world
If the Irish had Holland we'd all have drowned centuries ago.

As for MBNA ... if it's sold the fear is there will be an AVIVA situation .

[seafoid]

Much easier for our so called leaders to run around the US giving sweeteners to Multi Nationals to set up and milk it till the sugar runs out. Then hi ho hi ho off we go.
Much more difficult to try and develop our own indigenous resources .
The old stereotype comes to mind -
If the Dutch had Ireland they'd feed the world
If the Irish had Holland we'd all have drowned centuries ago.

As for MBNA ... if it's sold the fear is there will be an AVIVA situation .

The other thing is that the border area always gets shafted yet there are people from that part of the country who have made it all around the world. So it is not a lack of human talent. 

[seafoid]

Building Quality Jobs
in the Recovery
International Conference
13th - 14th October, 2011 - Dublin, Ireland

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/8/33/48859871.pdf