The great injustice done to workers at Mallow Sugar Factory

It is now 5O years since I started working for the Irish Sugar factory in Mallow. My first day working there was October 8, 1965. I was trained into the quality control section. Some of my colleagues were Tadgh Quill BSC who was chief chemist and John Buckley RIP was the quality supervisor and also the chairman of Mallow Urban District Council.

As I now look back to that time 50 years ago. No one could have ever predicted that the Sugar Company and Mallow Urban District Council would eventually not exist. They both played such a major role in the local economy.

At that time 600 were employed in Mallow sugar factory during the beet campaigns. And a further 400 were employed by Erin Foods; which was also owned by Irish Sugar.