All Ireland articles – Page 30
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ArticleIrish minister issues price war warning
A grim warning about the future of the Irish Republic’s horticulture industry, and the 7,500 workers it employs, has been sounded by the country’s minister for food, Trevor Sargent.
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ArticleBakkavör ends Greencore interest
The Icelandic group has relinquished its share in the Irish convenience food manufacturer
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ArticleIrish mushroom growers face sterling crisis
Irish mushroom growers may be forced “to opt out of the industry for a time” if the value of sterling against the euro continues to fall.
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"Sad day" as Irish horticulture college closes doors
One of Ireland’s longest established horticultural colleges, in operation for more than 80 years, is to close next summer, at the end of the current academic year.
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Aldi plans Irish expansion
The German group will open 35 new stores in the country over the next three years
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Aldi on course for record UK/Ireland sales
The discounter is enjoying another booming year with sales up 26 per cent so far in 2008
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ArticleMiss Ireland gives Rooster a boost
Sam Dennigan & Co has teamed up with Agri Aware and Miss Ireland Sinead Noonan to boost the profile of Irish potatoes, with a Meet the Spuds! potato-growing challenge and spin-off packaging.
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ArticleGLA warns gangmasters in Northern Ireland
Many gangmasters may be breaking the law by supplying workers to farms and the food industry without a licence, according to ICM research conducted on behalf of theGangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
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Irish food safety warning on organic fertilisers
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued what it describes as a wake-up call over the increasing use of organic fertilisers in farm production.
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ArticleDole and Weichert fined €60.3m
EC antitrust authorities find banana companies guilty of colluding on prices between January 2000 and December 2002
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Organic study launched for Irish region
Ireland’s minister for food and horticulture is launching an organic feasibility study in the region of Kerry, according to the Irish Times.
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ArticleStellar Stena tops Irish charts
Stena Line Freight has won the Shipping Line of the Year award at the prestigious Export & Freight Transport & Logistics Awards 2008, the premier event in the Irish transport calendar.
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ArticleFyffes suffers €7m loss on EWL
The Irish group has written off money owed to it by the Dutch shipping company
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ArticleFyffes reports revenue growth
Despite big increases in the costs of fruit, shipping and fuel, Fyffes has announced growth in revenue and profit
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ArticleTotal Produce reveals "satisfactory" results
The first half of 2008 has seen revenue and profit growth, and acquisitions completed at the Irish company
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Irish growers feel force of floods
One of the wettest Augusts since records begun has wreaked havoc on the Irish potato crop, with tubers rotting in fields submerged by monsoon-like downpours.
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ArticleFyffes lowers 2008 earnings forecast
Downturn in anticipated second-half earnings prompted by rising costs, changing currency rates and prices "below expectations"
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EU approves Total Produce, Univeg deals
Two major acquisitions have been cleared after the EC ruled that neither would diminish competition in Europe
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ArticleRetail Focus | UK & Ireland
The success of discount retailers could force the hands of the traditional market leaders in the UK and Ireland
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ArticleIrish multiples spark mark-up fury
A survey claiming that the mark-up multiples charge on vegetables in the Irish Republic can be as high as 250 per cent has provoked a storm of protest, with demands for government intervention.