Cadbury granted injunction stopping electricians’ picket

CHOCOLATE manufacturer Cadbury Ireland Ltd was granted an injunction yesterday preventing picketing outside its plant in Coolock, Dublin, by supporters of the electricians’ strike.

The company sought the injunction in the High Court after claiming the picket, placed on Monday morning, was having a “catastrophic” effect on production at the plant.

It says none of its own 33 directly-employed electricians are involved in the dispute but, because its own tradespeople will not pass the picket, it has been forced to bring production to a standstill. The people involved in the picket are not known to Cadbury’s, it is claimed.