IFA blames cheap imports for Cappoquin collapse

Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) representatives warned the entire industry faces a similar fate as Cappoquin Chickens if lax labelling laws which allow cheap foreign imports to be passed off as Irish are not addressed.

Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) representatives warned the entire poultry industry faces a similar fate as Cappoquin Chickens if lax labelling laws which allow cheap foreign imports to be passed off as Irish are not addressed.

More than 240 jobs will be axed after desperate attempts to save a debt-ridden company failed, it was revealed today.