Cider firm to make 120 redundant

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Cider maker Bulmers is to make 120 people redundant, seven of them in Northern Ireland.

The company's plant in County Tipperary will lose 103 posts, while 11 jobs will be cut in Dublin.

Aidan Murphy of parent company C&C, said the cuts, made through voluntary redundancies, was needed to "safeguard the viability of the company".

"This action is necessary in order to protect future jobs and safeguard the viability of the company," he said.

Two years ago Bulmers, which is sold under the Magners brand in Northern Ireland, employed more than 600 workers, but a downturn in the sale of cider has seen that number reduced to 417.