Glanbia machine operator in Co Kildare plant says jobs cuts announcement 'came out of the blue'
Yesterday, the food company announced that the village would be impacted by significant job losses.
It is anticipated that there will be at least 30 redundancies at the plant. 25% pay cuts are also on the horizon.
Currently there are 85 full-time staff employed at Glanbia and 20 casual.
Mr Keatley, a native of Ballitore, works as a machine operator.
He said: "It just came out of the blue."
Production is going well at the plant but some Tesco contracts were lost in recent weeks.