Sod turned on Glanbia’s €200m continental cheese facility in Kilkenny

The new facility at Belview is expected to support the incomes of over 4,500 farm families

The new facility will produce over 50,000 tonnes of continental cheese per year, with the first planned to be produced for global markets at the facility in 2024.

Representatives from Glanbia Co-op, Dutch dairy producer Royal A-ware, and the Irish Government this week took part in the turning of the sod at the site of a new continental cheese facility being built at Belview in Co. Kilkenny.

The facility, which is being built by Kilkenny Cheese Ltd, a joint venture between Royal A-Ware and Glanbia Co-op, will have a footprint of 18,000m2.