Hope fade for MBNA jobs in CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
The future of MBNA in Carrick-on-Shannon took a downward turn last night when the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Richard Bruton was interviewed by RTE's Prime Timeprogramme.
In a satellite link from Miami, where the minister is in the southern states of the United States on a trade mission with 65 Irish companies, he confirmed that he is also having talks with MBNA's parent company Bank of America (BoA) regarding the MBNA situation.
In response to Prime Time presenter Richard Crowley's words "to try and salvage something for the workers at MBNA in Carrick on Shannon," the minister, unfortunately for MBNA workers, had nothing substantive to say regarding any update on the current situation.
He said that it was BoA's decision to sell the operation and that it was their ambition to sell it 'as a going concern.' Confirming that the government and the IDA would support that decision and that he "wanted to see a buyer that respects the strengths that have been built up by the workers in Carrick-on-Shannon."
In response to Prime Time presenter Richard Crowley's words "to try and salvage something for the workers at MBNA in Carrick on Shannon," the minister, unfortunately for MBNA workers, had nothing substantive to say regarding any update on the current situation.
He said that it was BoA's decision to sell the operation and that it was their ambition to sell it 'as a going concern.' Confirming that the government and the IDA would support that decision and that he "wanted to see a buyer that respects the strengths that have been built up by the workers in Carrick-on-Shannon."
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