Kepak enters chilled sandwiches and frozen snacks sector with deal for UK group
Summit Foods is an established player in the UK’s convenience food sector, with turnover of close to €29m
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Climate group ActionZero opens new facility in Tralee
Up to 50 ‘high-value’ engineering and manufacturing jobs will be on site
Man who claims he was exposed to ammonia fumes at work settles case
Brian White has not worked since incident at Co Cork meat plant seven years ago
Security guard sues meat processor Kepak claiming he was exposed to ammonia fumes
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Size of Australian cattle ranches ‘off the charts’, with lower costs because of climate
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Judge agrees to appoint Neil Hughes as interim examiner to VF Cold Stores Ltd
Over 100 Kepak workers in Cornwall test positive for Covid-19
Council says up to 85% of positive cases at meat processing plant are asymptomatic
Meat processors continuing to recruit despite recent outbreaks
Umbrella group Meat Industry Ireland says the demand for workers within sector is no longer seasonal
How is Ireland’s meat industry handling recent Covid-19 outbreaks?
With billions of euro at stake, processors may need to make changes to work practices
Over 450 Covid-19 cases at food factories in England and Wales
Asda-owned site is fourth factory to have an outbreak, with 165 workers contracting the virus
Meat plants deemed unsafe due to coronavirus will be shut – Creed
If closure deemed necessary by experts ‘then that is what should happen and will happen’
Covid-19 testing centre for families of meat-plant workers planned
Siptu calls for special taskforce to tackle growing number of infected workers
High stakes for meat processors as Covid-19 impacts on industry
Outbreak of illness could limit capacity in sector still recovering from beef plan conflict
Fears for agrifood sector as three meat plants confirm Covid cases
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said he is aware of six clusters at plants
Kepak Clare plant to close temporarily due to ‘challenging market conditions’
Staff to be laid off or redeployed to other factories, company has said
Ornua sues cold store operator after racking collapses
Kerrygold owner seeks €9m damages as it joins Kepak and others in case
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Money sent home by migrants provides a lifeline to some states and props up poor communities in many others
Do not wait for a legal ‘right to disconnect’ – just do it
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Brexit deal moves from ‘dead’ to ‘promising’ as clock ticks
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Kepak secures access to $122bn US burger market
Irish processor becomes first European meat firm to gain access to lucrative mince market
Beef protests continue at ‘five or six’ plants after several stood down
Minister for Justice updated at meeting with representatives of meat factories
TD told he has no right to speak for beef farmers in High Court
Aontú deputy Peadar Tóibín had tried to make representations in Liffey Meats case
Beef protests: Blockade stops Chinese delegation’s factory visit
Picketing of meat plants enters second week as row over beef prices for farmers continues
Government to consider law on right to switch off from work emails
Heather Humphreys says interdepartmental steering group will examine French approach to switching off
Kepak issued proceedings against grassroots movement, court records show
Move from meat processor comes as industry faced off against protesters
Beef Plan founder believes he is fighting for rural Ireland’s survival
‘Government has no sense of how beef farmers’ euro filters through community’
Fillet steak from Ireland named best in the world
Steak produced in Limerick from grass-fed Angus cross described as ‘picture perfect’
Sheep farmers warn of more meat factory protests over the price of lamb
Farmers ‘don’t know which way to turn for money’ over below cost of production price
Who makes the best burger in Ireland? You decide
It’s beef all the way as National Burger Day voting 2019 gets under way
Agri firms raise concerns on no-deal Brexit plans to avoid hard border
Major recruitment of customs officers needed to manage farm- or factory-gate checks
From Wellies to Bellies: City students scoop calf-rearing prize
Runners-up explore mental health among farmers and rural communities
Most sectors had year of strong M&A activity
Political polarisation and economic uncertainty will impact but growth predicted
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