All Ireland articles – Page 25
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Northern Ireland battles conditions
Northern Irish growers are battling poor weather, water shortages and attacks from pigeons in a nightmare New Year that has left supermarket promotions curtailed.
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ArticleIrish create team to boost fresh production
An eight-member team has been appointed by Irish horticulture minister Ciaran Cuffe to implement recommendations aimed at boosting the output and value of the Republic’s fresh produce sector.
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Irish fears over doubled carbon levy
The EU-International Monetary Fund (IMF) team may have negotiated an €85 billion rescue deal for the struggling Irish economy, but some in the republic’s horticulture industry have voiced concerns over the implications that this could have for fresh produce.
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ArticleTotal Produce set to buy back shares
Company poised to follow Fyffes in acquiring a certain percentage of its own shares, suggesting it sees the stock as under-valued
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ArticleTotal Produce buys 22m of its own shares
Company secretary Marie Reid confirms buy-back in statement, less than a week after Fyffes took the same course of action
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ArticleBumper Irish potato crop thrives
Growers in the Irish Republic have enjoyed such a bumper potato crop this season that supplies are now being exported to mainland Europe for the first time in years.
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ArticleFyffes buys back 17m of its own shares
Company says current share price represents "good value" at current level, especially given expected recovery in banana market
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ArticleIrish bank protest over losses
Angry Irish growers staged an all-day picket at two Ulster Bank branches last week. They were protesting against the bank’s decision to put a wholesaler into receivership, leaving them with losses of €300,000 for unpaid supplies.
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Total Produce in Irish takeover
A major Irish fruit and vegetable supplier has been taken over by Total Produce after it was put into receivership by its bank.
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Irish recommend cluster approach
A new development approach for the fresh produce sector in the Irish Republic is recommended in a report on the agri-food industry by a parliamentary committee.
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ArticleUK and Ireland losses for Aldi
Discount retailer's UK and Ireland arm registers a loss of £54.2m in 2009 as year-on-year market share slips
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New energy levy to hit Irish producers
Less than six months after the introduction of a carbon levy, Irish producers are to be hit by a second energy surcharge, a five per cent electricity levy taking effect next month.
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ArticleKeelings staff consider strike
Six hundred workers at Keelings in Dublin are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over redundancies, following the loss of a Tesco distribution contract.
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ArticleDelay for Aldi's Irish DC
€100m distribution centre will not open until 2013 after experiencing difficulties in the planning process
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Irish consolidation continues
The Irish vegetable sector is undergoing a major period of consolidation, according to new information.
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ArticleIsrael plugs grapefruit gap
An early start to the Israeli grapefruit season will bring some much-needed relief to the category in the UK, after a period of extreme shortage.
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Irish produce defies economy
The Irish retail market for fresh produce is showing “great resilience”, according to Bord Bia, at a time when the recession is causing a general sales slump elsewhere in the economy.
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ArticleIrish mushroom campaign rebrands 'local'
Ireland’s biggest mushroom players have teamed up on a campaign which they hope will see their product viewed by buyers as equivalent to British.
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ArticleFyffes' first-half profit slides
Tough trading conditions for banana and pineapple sectors result in pre-tax profit drop of 28 per cent year-on-year
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ArticleTotal Produce sees profit rise
First-half result comes in 5.5 per cent higher than the same period of 2009, thanks to recovering demand and currency movement