170 jobs are to go at UPC.
The telecommunications company is to relocate some of its operations to the Philippines.
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The majority of the job losses will be in Limerick and Dublin, with a lesser number in Galway, Cork and Waterford.
SIPTU is to begin talks with the company on a voluntary redundancy scheme.
The union's Organiser, Dennis Hynes, says it's unacceptable that workers have to witness their jobs being sold off to the Philippines.
