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Thu 11 Nov 2002360 jobs to go as textile firm shutsTwo factories employing 360 people in counties Kilkenny and Donegal are to cease production shortly while their multinational owner reviews its worldwide operations.In Co Kilkenny, the Comerama textile mill in Castlecomer, which employs 160 people, is to close on December 6th. Workers at the mill have been on a one-day week for the last two months.