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A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for every support to be given to a long-time employer in Tubbercurry that is now fighting for its future. The Basta plant, a maker of door handles and locks, has been in the South Sligo town for more than 60 years but has now gone…

The new owners of the Basta plant in Tubbercurry, in South Sligo, say they want to see more manufacturing in the plant. Basta, which was established 60 years ago by the Gallagher family, has been bought by businessmen, John Murphy, from Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and Dermot Foster, a Wicklow man…