Fury over Dairygold plan to cut 270 jobs

THERE was fury last night at the decision by Dairygold to cut a further 270 jobs in Cork and Tipperary.

The company confirmed 170 jobs would be lost at its Galtee Foods slaughtering and boning plant in Mitchelstown. A further 100 jobs will be axed with the closure of the company’s pigmeat processing facility in Roscrea. It is estimated the redundancies will save the company €10 million in wages annually.

More than 1,100 jobs have been shed by Dairygold in the past year as part of a major restructuring programme. The company, which still employs 2,230 people, has an annual turnover of more than €1 billion.