Person: Peadar Jordan

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business

Coughlan defends Greencore compensation

Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan tonight defended her allocation of an EU sugar industry restructuring fund to processor Greencore amid accusations from farmers she was backing big business over farming families.

business

IFA seeks payment for beet growers

business

Greencore’s former sugar plants valued at €187m

news

‘Greencore completely misread EU sugar regime’

farming

IFA urges beet growers to say 'yes' to Greencore

farming

Farmers consider beet crop offer

Coughlan aims to clarify sugar reforms

SUGAR produced in the first year of the European Union reform of the industry will be liable for a restructuring levy.

Fri, 10 Feb, 2006

Raise beet prices if you want a crop, farmers warn

GREENCORE has not moved beyond the price it offered last December for the 2006 beet crop, the Irish Farmers Association claimed yesterday after a meeting with the company’s senior management in Dublin.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2006

Workers unsure of future for sugar plant

BEET deliveries to Mallow Sugar Factory for this season’s processing campaign will end today with the future of the industry hanging in the balance.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2006

Decision time on beet farms

THE Midland Beet Growers Association has called on IFA to conduct a secret ballot to determine how many farmers are interested in growing sugar beet in 2006.

Thu, 26 Jan, 2006

Greens to launch Carlow campaign

The Green Party is to launch a campaign to develop a bio-fuel refinery at Carlow sugar factory, which Irish Sugar closed last month as part of a rationalisation scheme.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2005

Plea to convert suger plant into biofuel refinery

The Carlow sugar factory could be converted into a biofuels refinery to help cut carbon emissions and benefit the local economy, it was claimed today.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005