1,000 marchers protest Greencore redundancy pay

MORE than 1,000 people took part in a protest march in Mallow in support of former Irish Sugar workers who have accused parent company Greencore of failing to honour a Labour Court recommendation relating to their redundancy payments.

Some 150 former employees maintain they are owed a total of €4.5 million by the company 19 weeks after it closed the factory.

Kieran Buckley, chairman of the protest campaign, said the redundancy offer to the workers by Greencore falls far short of what is in their agreement with the company and is far short of what the Labour Court stated they should have received.