Dairygold research project withdrawn

ENTERPRISE Ireland has said it was a major disappointment that Dairygold did not proceed with a large-scale added-value project at Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

Enterprise Ireland chief executive Frank Ryan made his views known in a letter to Ned O’Keeffe, TD, who is leading a campaign to save the Galtee meat processing plant from closure in the town.

“Enterprise Ireland worked with the company on this project for two-and-a-half years and indicated substantial support in principle to secure progress,” he stated.