Objections halt €140m Glanbia cheese plant

Plans by Glanbia for a €140m cheese manufacturing facility in Kilkenny have to be put on hold following objections against the development by two leading environmental groups.

An Taisce and Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) have both lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against the recent decision of Kilkenny County Council to grant permission to the global nutrition group for a continental cheese manufacturing plant in the IDA’s Belview Science and Technology Park near the Port of Waterford.