CHICKEN processor Moy Park has acquired O’Kane Poultry in a €30 million deal that will result in an operation with a combined staff of 8,500.

RETAIL giant Tesco has been called on to help fight for a better redundancy package for poultry workers who will lose their jobs in Co Limerick today.

HOPES of saving over 300 jobs at the Castlemahon poultry plant in West Limerick appeared doomed last night after local chicken growers abandoned a takeover bid.

WEST Limerick’s thriving €20 million a year poultry industry faces a complete wipe-out with the loss of more than 300 jobs at a processing plant.

A number of chilli products are being withdrawn from shops and restaurants across Northern Ireland amid fears they contain a cancer causing dye, it emerged tonight.