A US multinational is to shed 138 jobs at its facility in north Dublin. ClientLogic, whose Irish base is located in Swords, provides multilingual technical support and customer care services for a number of international companies in the IT and healthcare industries.
Staff in Swords were informed yesterday that the decision was made because some business was being moved to Germany and some to other companies. It is understood that the company will retain around 400 employees in Dublin.
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin, is to instruct State agencies to help find replacement work for those affected by the redundancies.
ClientLogic has been situated at Swords Business Campus since 1999, where it employs over 530 people. The company's headquarters are in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Onex, Canada's fourth-largest company.
It was formed in October 1998 when Softbank Services Group was bought by Onex for over $100 million and combined with another company, North Direct Response. Softbank had set up an Irish base in 1991.
ClientLogic consists of a total of 49 facilities in 13 countries throughout North America, Europe, Africa, Central America and Asia.
The company reported a successful year in 2006, opening two new offices in the United States and Canada.