Newly-opened €12m mushroom- growing plant to create 150 jobs

A €12 MILLION mushroom growing plant which was opened near Monaghan Town yesterday will create 150 jobs.

It was built by Tyholland Mushrooms, an associate company of Monaghan Mushrooms, and is made up of 18 growing houses.

The plant will have an output of 115 tonnes of mushrooms per week at full capacity. That is equal to an annual output of 5,980 tonnes, the vast proportion of which will be exported to Britain.