Plant closure ends 40 years of pork production
A total of 140 workers have lost their jobs in Mitchelstown as a result of the Galtee decision. Another 70 jobs were lost in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, last month, with the closure of another Dairygold pigmeat plant.
Dairygold has repeatedly insisted that its decision was unavoidable as it was no longer in a position to sustain an operation which was not competitive. It remained committed to buying Irish pork for its consumer meats products.
