Plans for €500m sugar site faces delay

GREENCORE’S plans to develop a €500 million project on the site of the former Mallow Sugar Factory could be delayed.

The fears arose after calls were made yesterday on Cork County Council members not to rezone the site for Greencore’s project until issues relating to former workers and beet growers are resolved.

Some 145 former workers say they are owed €3.4m in redundancy payments because the company has not honoured a Labour Court recommendation.