Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Leprino Foods, an Irish food-manufacturing firm, announced the loss of 132 jobs at its cheese-production plant in Portlaoise, county Laois. The shutdown is to occur in the second half of 2026, as the company transfers production to sites in Northern Ireland and Wales. The plant was built in 2021 as a joint venture with Glanbia – an Irish multinational food company - and will cease operations at the end of the year. The move follows an internal review and reflects a strategic shift away from the Portlaoise facility.
Eurofound (2026), Leprino Foods, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 300367, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300367.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
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This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
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