IDA moves to replace MBNA in Leitrim

The IDA is working with New York private equity firm Apollo Global Management to find new companies to set up in Carrick-on-Shannon after MBNA Bank of America announced it was cutting 160 jobs.

The IDA is working with New York private equity firm Apollo Global Management to find new companies to set up in Carrick-on-Shannon after MBNA Bank of America announced it was cutting 160 jobs in the town.

Apollo owns the call centre in which the laid-off staff had been based and is understood to be keen to find new tenants to replace MBNA.

Meanwhile, the Contact Centre Management Association (CCMA) - a representative body ...