Bord Bia survey reveals pressures on Irish food producers

IRISH food producers have faced relentless pressures in the home market for the past five years, according to a new Bord Bia survey.

It has reached the situation where failure to regain costs has become a greater problem in the domestic than in the British market regarded as one of the toughest anywhere.

“Over the last year, the trading environment on the domestic market would appear to have deteriorated compared with export markets”, according to Aidan Cotter.