Datascope sold to Cork company
SEVEN people are to lose their jobs after Enniscorthy based printers Datascope sold its operation to Cork company Webprint last week for an undisclosed fee. The printer, based on the Old Dublin Road, produced a total of 26 different regional and trade titles from its Enniscorthy base and these titles will now be printed at Webprint’s facility in Cork.
Datascope owner Kevin Mitchell, who is retiring from the printing business, said that he had reviewed all of the options available before agreeing the sale.
‘Moving the trade to Webprint is the best outcome for all Datascope’s customers who shall be fully accommodated in the more modern Webprint facility,’ he said.
It is understood that just one member of Datascope’s eight staff will transfer to Webprint, meaning the rest are left without work following the closure of the unit on the Old Dublin Road. Among the titles printed by Datascope were Catholic publication Alive! and The Sporting Press, along with free-sheets such as The Slaney News and The Chronicle locally.
Managing Director of Webprint said that his company looked forward to expanding further over the coming months having acquired the Enniscorthy based business, however, this will be of scant consolation to those left without work as the business moves out of Co Wexford.