Events at FG Wilson are tragic for the workers involved, for their families and for the areas where they live.
But these events also highlight the insanity of what passes for a jobs policy in Northern Ireland.
As things currently stand 760 jobs will be lost and worse may yet come with a FG Wilson insider saying that that “people on the ground believe that over 1,300 employees will have lost their jobs by the end of 2013”
Read the Party statement here Time for a planned economy