Kerrygold secures approval for €40m extension of its butter factory in Mitchelstown

The company wants to increase annual production at the plant, which opened in 2016, from 40,000 tonnes to 80,000 tonnes

The new proposed facilities will include an extra 1,550m² of production space and almost 2,000m² of storage space as well as seven 15-metre high liquid storage silos. Picture: Clare Keogh

A subsidiary of Ornua has secured planning permission for a €40m expansion of the Kerrygold butter plant in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld the decision of Cork County Council to approve the extension of the existing facility at Kerrygold Park in the north Cork town following an objection by a local resident.