Workers at the GlenDimplex factory in Portadown are to hold a protest outside St Mark’s Church in the town centre on Friday after the company announced its intention to close the site in the next two years.

GlenDimplex, which is an Irish electrical goods firm, did not respond when asked about the planned rally. Unite the Union, which represents the staff at the Portadown factory, said it is calling on all the candidates for Upper Bann in the upcoming General Election to attend and address the rally.GlenDimplex plans to move the manufacturing that currently takes place at the Portadown site to Lithuania, and said the site closures