The Jobs minister Richard Bruton and the IDA have welcomed the outcome of ballots at Bausch and Lomb.

A cost saving plan approved by unions will see 900 jobs saved, with the remaining workforce taking pay cuts and changes to their terms of employment.

200 people will lose their jobs.

Members of the T-E-E-U last night joined their SIPTU colleagues in accepting the proposals.

Following the T-E-E-U result, the union's regional secretary Paddy Kavanagh called on Bausch and Lomb to keep its promise that no more concessions will be sought: