There are fears for hundreds of jobs in Co Galway after US medical technology company Abbot informed staff their roles are in danger of redundancy following a review of the group’s organisation structure there.
Abbott has been in Ireland since 1946 and employs about 6,000 people across 10 sites in Clonmel, Cavan, Donegal, Longford, Galway, Sligo, Kilkenny, and Dublin.
The group’s Galway facility, where about 400 people work, serves as the international hub for its rapid diagnostics business, which delivers more than 2 billion tests annually.
The company offers rapid tests for infectious di
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