Clock counts down last minutes of quota restrictions

MC for the Grangemockler night, Abigail Ryan called proceedings to order. With running order established, and the hall now full to standing room only, she turned her attentions to her panel of guests for the evening.

Jim Duggan a former chairman of Glanbia gave a brief background to how quotas were established and pointed out a reality. “At the time (1984) they were necessary but in due course they gave a good living to many,” he said.

The change “will bring and a lot of challenges a lot of opportunities”, as well as “inevitable price volatility”, he said. Liam Herlihy current chair of Glanbia, and Siobhan Talbot CEO Glanbia, both echoed these sentiments but with Liam laying emphasis on the continuing roll of the family farm.