Clonakilty Food Co brings it all back home to West Cork

A prodigal son returned home to Clonakilty yesterday and as for the fatted calf — well, one way or the other, he was surely eaten.

The new custom-built €7m Clonakilty Food Company factory officially opened in the West Cork town, the culmination of more than a year’s construction work and the realisation of a dream for the Twomey family.

Eighteen years ago, production of the world-famous black pudding and the company’s other products switched to a facility in Little Island outside Cork City.