300 jobs could be lost in mushroom sector

The biggest mushroom co-op has warned six more farms could suffer the same fate as three farms which went out of business since Brexit.

“We could lose a further 300 jobs,” warned Micheál McGovern, chairman of Commercial Mushroom Producers (CMP) Co-operative Limited.

Industry representatives told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture last week that mushroom contracts with UK retailers are agreed in sterling, usually for up to 12 months ahead.