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Wicklow Fire

Accidental Co Wicklow fire to cause job losses

A FIRE that occurred at Co Wicklow timber products company is being treated as accidental by gardaí. The damaged caused at the company, Woodfab, will result in 65 employees being laid off. Woodfab is said to have provided direct and indirect employment to several hundred people in the area, which suffers from high unemployment.