2018 to be ninth year of export growth

Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy has predicted 2018 will be a ninth successive year of growth for Irish agri-food exports, writes Stephen Cadogan. 

At yesterday’s announcement by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed of another record year for food and drink exports, Ms McCarthy said: “While Brexit remains the great unknown, we still expect 2018 to be another year of growth, albeit at lower levels.