Heater maker Glen Dimplex to axe 300 jobs on island of Ireland

The redundancies will fall more heavily in Northern Ireland, where 200 jobs are to go, with 100 set to go in IrelandGlen Dimplex says it is reorienting its business towards clean energy products, with 200 new jobs to be added over five years

Fergal Leamy, chief executive, and Fergal Naughton, executive chairman of Glen Dimplex

Sarah Collins and Margaret Canning

Electric heater manufacturer Glen Dimplex is to axe up to 300 jobs on the island of Ireland — around 100 of them in the Republic —as it shifts some business to Lithuania and China.

The company’s Portadown site in Northern Ireland is to be shuttered completely next year, with the loss of 200 jobs, the Irish company announced today.