Greencore to receive €1m windfall from Europe

By Stephen Cadogan

Greencore — Ireland’s former national sugar-processor, and the sugar beet growers who delivered to it — can look forward to a windfall of €933,435, plus 17 years of interest payments, after the European Court of Justice has ruled that sugar production levies were miscalculated by the EU Commission Regulations from 1999 to 2001.