Greencore wins restructuring aid court battle

THE Government has been ordered to redistribute more than €145 million in restructuring aid after the High Court found it had miscalculated the amount due to each party.

The case had been brought to the courts by Greencore Group plc and Irish Sugar Ltd, trading as Greencore Sugar, against the Government, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Ireland and the Attorney General. The Irish Farmers Association, as representative of the sugar beet growers, and the Machine Contractors Association, were notice parties.

Greencore brought it because it claimed it deserved more than the €98 million it had been allocated. The other €47.1 million was allocated to sugar beet farmers and contractors.