Builders will be the main dairy jobs boom beneficiaries

At the launch of a new report on the Economic Impact of the Irish Bio-Economy, Teagasc Director Professor Gerry Boyle; Dr Eoin Grealis, SEMRU (NUIG); Prof Cathal O’Donoghue of Teagasc; and Dr Peter Heffernan, CEO, Marine Institute.

The construction industry is likely to be the greatest beneficiary in employment terms of dairy expansion, followed by the agri-food sector, with some knock-on effects of increased employment in industry and services.

That was one of the conclusions of Teagasc economist Dr Fiona Thorne, when a new report on the Economic Impact of the Irish Bio-Economy was launched in Dublin.