Call for Ahern to intervene in sugar dispute

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has been asked to intervene in the nine-month-old dispute between Greencore and former Irish Sugar workers over redundancy payments.

A delegation representing the workers met with Mr Ahern when he visited Kanturk, Co Cork, and sought his involvement.

Some 145 former Irish sugar workers say they are owed €3.4 million in severance payments by Greencore, following the closure of Mallow beet factory last May, because the company has not honoured a Labour Court ruling.