“MY father put his heart and soul into the farm, he really put everything into this. It’s him I really feel sorry for.”

A CHICKEN factory worker from Co Mayo has been awarded more than €50,000 after being wrongfully dismissed from his job amid claims that he had improperly given out painkillers to other workers.

MOVES were underway last night to lessen the impact of the shock closure of Kantoher Chickens processing plant at Kileedy, Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, with the loss of 138 jobs.