Dairy sector ‘needs more restructuring’

CO-OP leaders were told yesterday that the need for further restructuring in the dairy processing sector is now all the more urgent.

Delegates to the annual conference of ICOS, the co-ops umbrella body, heard the society’s director general, John Tyrrell, outline the reasons for further restructuring.

He said it is due to the continuing changes in the policy framework with market liberalisation and greater competitive pressures at processing and retail level.