RSA cut 100 jobs in Ireland last year following losses

The company initiated the cost-cutting drive following the discovery of massive losses in its Irish operations. The company offered staff voluntary redundancy, with a package of roughly six weeks’ pay for every year of service.

The British firm’s annual report last week showed its headcount in Ireland fell to 828 from 920.

At its peak the company employed about 1,000 on both sides of the border. Most of those staff are in the ...