Ice-making plant stays shut despite industry pleas

Despite calls by the fishing industry for its re-opening, a BIM ice-making plant at a leading port looks set to remain closed.

Dingle in Co Kerry has been losing out on business from Spanish and other visiting trawlers since the facility closed last September, when the contracts for two workers could not be renewed because of the public-sector employment embargo.

A BIM spokeswoman yesterday said the agency had not been approached by any private operators with a view to taking over the plant.