Calls to convert Mallow's former sugar beet factory  into a renewable resource

With the site now up for sale, Cork East TD Sean Sherlock wants the State to buy the land

The Greencore sugar factory closed in 2006. Picture: Denis Minihane

The Government should consider buying one of north Cork’s flagship industrial sites to convert into a centre for renewable energy, according to a TD for the area.

Convenience food giant Greencore has put the site of the old sugar beet factory in Mallow up for sale, 17 years after it closed, the Irish Examiner revealed earlier this month.