Organisation: Green Isle Foods

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food

Catch of the day: Eight frozen fish put to the test

THERE’S no question about it, fresh fish cannot be beaten for flavour and texture. And for good value either.

business

Green Isle’s pizza arm sold for €246m

farming

Irish exporters underpin food trade links with Iran

news

Marine industry: Seafood sector growth provides viable career options

business

Marine sector to double its share of GDP by 2030

farming

Irish seafood has potential to hit €2bn exports by 2025

Food start-ups record in 2014

The eight food start-up companies supported in 2014 by Enterprise Ireland set a new record for the food High Potential Start Up companies supported by the government organisation, which is responsible for development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2015

Jobs boost for Longford and Galway

115 news jobs are being created at Green Isle Foods in Longford and Galway.

Tue, 20 May, 2014

Consumer foods group predicts boom in exports and more jobs

Predictions for thousands of new food processing and other value-added jobs, and a “significant” rise in prepared consumer food exports will be unveiled in the coming months — when a new consumer foods action group delivers quantified analysis of the processed side of Food Harvest 2020’s targets.

Fri, 07 Feb, 2014

Traces of horse meat found in three samples

Three samples of meat out of 1,228 tests have come back positive for traces of horse, food safety chiefs have revealed today.

Mon, 25 Mar, 2013

Beverley House sees pre-tax loss of €20.2m

Exceptional costs totalling £10.4m (€12.5m) pushed the company that operates frozen and chilled food firm Green Isle Foods into the red last year.

Thu, 08 Mar, 2012

Workers end hunger strike as deal is struck

Workers at a frozen pizza factory ended their hunger strike today after striking a deal with bosses over the sacking of three men.

Thu, 04 Mar, 2010

Green Isle dispute ends

The dispute between Green Isle Foods in Co Kildare and the TEEU (Technical Engineering and Electrical Union) has been concluded through mediation, it was announced this morning.

Thu, 04 Mar, 2010

Final effort to solve Green Isle dispute

Mediators will make a final push to resolve the long-running dispute at Green Isle Foods this evening.

Wed, 03 Mar, 2010

Hunger strikers just want the truth to be told

WOULD you go on hunger strike to highlight a grave wrong done to someone else?

Wed, 03 Mar, 2010

Union claims Green Isle dispute is over dismissals

The Technical and Engineering and Electrical Union has said a misrepresentation of the current dispute with Green Isle Foods is destroying the reputation of staff involved.

Sun, 28 Feb, 2010

Green Isle protest set for this afternoon

A rally is being held in Naas in Kildare this afternoon to support striking Green Isle Foods workers.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2010

Former footballer on hunger strike with co-worker

A former All-Ireland footballer today went on hunger strike alongside a frozen food plant co-worker over management’s refusal to reinstate or compensate three sacked staff.

Wed, 24 Feb, 2010

Union calls on public to support picketing workers at Green Isle

The Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (ICTU) is to launch an online petition today in support of picketing workers at Green Isle Foods.

Sun, 21 Feb, 2010

Green Isle Foods union official to start hunger strike

The six-month dispute at the Green Isle Foods plant in Naas in Co Kildare takes a new twist today.

Wed, 17 Feb, 2010

Labour Court to resolve Coca-Cola row

THE three-week long dispute between Coca-Cola and a large section of its distribution staff should start to be resolved today at a hearing of the Labour Court.

Fri, 18 Sep, 2009

Green Isle workers picket over job cuts

Forty workers at Green Isle Foods in Co Kildare are mounting pickets on the Naas plant this morning in protest at job cuts.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2009

Green Isle and Coca-Cola face industrial action

TWO of the country’s leading food and drinks companies are facing disruptive strike action by their staff within days.

Wed, 26 Aug, 2009

Data dispute ends in court

A DISPUTE between a food manufacturer and four of its employees over the alleged accessing of confidential company information is due to be settled in the High Court today.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2009

Green Isle Foods Exporter of Year

GREEN ISLE FOODS has been named Irish Exporter of the Year for 2007 by the Irish Exporters’ Association.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2007

Green Isle appoints new MD

Garry Walsh has been appointed as the new managing director of Green Isle Foods, it was announced today.

Fri, 12 Oct, 2007

Wasting away: facing Ireland’s energy crisis

ON Thursday night the top man at Chevron, Irishman David O’Reilly, insisted that Ireland would have to deploy all of the ingenuity it used to create the Celtic Tiger to successfully tackle the current energy crisis.

Sat, 21 Oct, 2006

Green Isle boosts Northern figures

GREEN Isle Foods has once again lifted spirits at its British parent, Northern Foods, which has seen a mixed first-half to its current financial year.

Wed, 11 Oct, 2006

Donegal Catch to be processed in England

A FOOD company plans to send fish caught off the Irish coast to England for processing and then bring its Donegal Catch all the way back again to sell in Ireland — making a round trip of 550 miles.

Sat, 12 Aug, 2006

Green Isle to close plant with loss of 78 jobs

GREEN ISLE Foods is to close its fish breading facility in Boyle, Co Roscommon, resulting in the loss of up to 78 jobs.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2006

78 jobs to be lost at Roscommon fish processing plant

Seventy eight jobs are to go at a fish factory in County Roscommon, it was revealed this afternoon.

Fri, 07 Jul, 2006

Green Isle and Amazon to create more than 150 jobs

MORE than 150 jobs are to be created in Dublin and Kildare, it was announced yesterday.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2005

Corporate responsibility case studies launched

The Tánaiste, Mary Harney, has launched a series of case studies detailing examples of best practice of corporate responsibility in six of Ireland's largest companies.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2004