Kerrygold puts €40m expansion of Mitchelstown plant on hold 

An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the decision to grant planning permission for an extension to the existing butter processing facility

Plans to expand the site to double the production capacity of the The Kerrygold plant at Mitchelstown, Co Cork, have been put on hold. Picture: Clare Keogh

Plans for a €40m expansion of a Kerrygold plant in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, that will almost double the size of the existing facility have been put on hold following an objection by a local resident to the proposed development.

An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the recent decision of Cork County Council to grant planning permission for an extension to the existing butter processing facility at the Kerrygold Park campus in the north Cork town.