Clare hauliers picket Kerry Group

A GROUP of hauliers yesterday placed a picket on the headquarters of Kerry Group in Tralee over a row about contracts to draw milk from farms in Clare.

The 13 members of the Clare Milk Hauliers Association have held a long-term contract to bring milk from 700 farms from Clare to Kerry to processing plants in Charleville and Listowel.

The hauliers said they are protesting at a move by Kerry to put the milk haulage contract for Clare out to tender.