More than 20 Irish companies on Asian trade mission
Agriculture minister Martin Heydon and State agencies bid to boost markets for Irish food
Kepak
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
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
Man alleges workplace was unsafe and he had inadequate training in chemicals
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An Irishman’s Diary
Irish farmers concerned over UK’s proposed trade deal with Australia
Size of Australian cattle ranches ‘off the charts’, with lower costs because of climate
Court appoints interim examiner to Dublin cold storage company
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
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
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