Kerry chief calls for change

IRELAND has a chance to restructure its dairy industry to make it more competitive on the world stage, according to Kerry Group chief executive Stan McCarthy.

Speaking at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Business Leaders’ Forum in Cork, Mr McCarthy said: “Dairying as it pertains to Ireland is very important, it is indigenous, we can produce milk efficiently, we have a dairying competency. But we have a structure within the island of Ireland which is not competitive with the rest of the world.

“We have a chance to get that corrected,” he said.