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March 2, 2006updated 22 Nov 2022 6:25pm

NUJ: Move to axe 80 jobs at Belfast Telegraph reneges on INM buy promise

By Press Gazette

By Sarah Lagan

The NUJ claims Independent News & Media’s decision to cut up to 80 jobs at the Belfast Telegraph Group clashes with commitments made by the company when it acquired the paper from Trinity Mirror in 2000.

Since the company offered its voluntary severance package on 3 February, 16 out of 115 journalists working on the Telegraph, Sunday Life and Community Telegraph Series applied, but INM is seeking "several more" editorial redundancies.

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