February 25, 2003
DEC < Compaq < HP
The day that a new broadband network was launched for Galway city and county is also the tenth anniversary of the closure of Digital, and the loss of nearly 800 hundred good jobs in pre Celtic Tiger Ireland.
As I remember it, it was thought that the DEC plant on Scotland would close instead, but at the last minute, the then British Prime Minister (John Major) reminded DEC of all the government contracts that they had in the UK, and Galway got the chop instead. I think the Soctland plant closed a few years later anyway.
RTE's Morning Ireland did a nice profile this morning on some of the people who were let go and tracks down what they're up to. The clip can be heard here.
Posted by monasset at February 25, 2003 11:27 PMComments