Ex-Dairygold suppliers seek to cash in shares

Cashing in the shares of defecting suppliers would cost Dairygold less than €1m, says one farmer who now supplies Arrabawn co-op.

West Cork farmer Ned McCarthy is one of around 60 ex-Dairygold suppliers facing expulsion from the co-op.

The farmers say they may have to wait until they reach 65 for their former co-op to reimburse shares they bought during their years of membership.