Greencore boss gets €240,000 bonus

GREENCORE chief executive David Dilger received a €240,000 bonus from the company in the same year it closed its Irish Sugar plant in Carlow.

Greencore's latest annual report, for the year to end September 2005, shows Mr Dilger was paid a total of €884,000 over that period. The figure is €23,000 more than he earned in the previous year and includes the performance bonus.

Greencore made a pre-tax loss of €64 million, mainly due to the restructuring of Irish Sugar, which saw the Carlow plant closed and the business moved to its remaining site in Mallow.