A Kerry TD has likened the loss of 210 jobs in Tralee to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Speaking in Dáil Eireann today, Danny Healy-Rae TD said that the closure of Borg Warner, a motor part plant, came as a shock to the county. He said that this is like the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941 which saw 2,400 people die and US declaring war on Japan. “This bombshell happened a couple of days ago and has really taken the workers in the town of Tralee by real surprise, it was like something akin to the bombing of Pearl Harbour,” he said. “Tánaiste, we have a serious jobs crisis in Kerry,” Deputy Healy-Rae told the Dáil today.

Source: Irish Independent July 30, 2020 20:15 UTC