Radical surgery will hurt workers

BY the end of the rationalisation process getting underway at Dairygold Co-op, the new chief executive will be either the most revered or reviled individual in the region.

Because, by the time he is finished, his vision of Dairygold will be employing at least 1,500 people fewer than it does today.

In a worst case scenario, 2,000 of the 3,000 jobs may have to go, in the final shake out.