Other sugar factory jobs ‘unsafe’
That’s the view of the SIPTU regional executive committee for the midlands and the south east, which has pledged full support for the campaign to keep the Carlow factory open.
Irish Sugar, part of Greencore, has decided to close the Carlow plant and consolidate all sugar processing in Mallow as part of a plan involving the loss of 189 full-time and 137 seasonal jobs.
