Kanturk: The community behind North Cork Creameries

'In a small town it's personal because everyone knows someone working there,' — locals react to the proposed redundancies at North Cork Creameries processing plant

North Cork Creameries' processing plant in Kanturk, Co Cork.

Uncertainty surrounding proposed redundancies of the North Cork Creamery plant in Kanturk have the town and its people holding their breath.

North Cork Creameries, established in 1928, just shy of its 100th year, is a farmer-owned co-operative which processes more than 315 million equivalent whole milk litres a year into a range of dairy products such as milk, butter and cream.