Calls for Kildare County Council to seek meeting with Newbridge based Bord na Mona over redundancy plans

By Kim O'Leary

There are calls for Kildare County Council to seek a meeting with Bord na Mona over the company's redundancy plans,  following the announcement in October that 43o jobs are to be made redundant.

The firm has its headquarters in Newbridge and the company is closing 16 of its 62 bogs as part of its decarbonisation programme, with 150 jobs expected to  go by April 2019.

Fianna Fail Cllr Sean Power is tabling a motion asking for Kildare County Council to invite the company's management to a meeting of councillors.

The motion will be debated at tomorrow's meeting of te Newbridge/Kildare Municipal District Meeeting.