All Ireland articles – Page 33
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ArticleIrish get good natured
After making a positive impact with retailers and consumers in the UK, Good Natured Fruit, the pesticide-free soft-fruit brand, has jumped the Irish Sea.
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ArticleIrish urged to rally round
Ireland’s food and horticulture minister Trevor Sargent has called on the supply chain to adopt a partnership approach in the wake of difficult weather conditions for vegetable growers.
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ArticleTriumph for Fyffes
Ireland’s highest court ruled last week that Jim Flavin, founder of business services group DCC, had inside knowledge of Fyffes when he sold €105 million (£70m) of its shares in three separate trading deals in February 2000.
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Total Produce makes foray into health sector
Total Produce has acquired 92 per cent of health foods distributor Wholefoods Wholesale.
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ArticleM&S Ireland to double home-grown supplies
Marks & Spencer has pledged to the double the amount of Irish-produced food it stocks in its Irish stores.
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ArticleIrish retailers milk margins
A head of cauliflower in Ireland more than quadruples in price between the time it leaves the grower’s farm and arrives on the supermarket shelf, according to a new survey.
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Irish growers get government champion
Irish growers have a new champion in government, a Green Party minister whose constituency lies at the heart of the country’s horticulture industry.
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ArticleRyan predicts price rise for Irish mushrooms
An improved UK price deal for Irish mushroom growers is being forecast by a leading figure in the industry.
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Ireland jostles over F&V reform
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture and Food has given an update on the progress of the F&V reform.
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Ireland to host biotech conference
It has been announced that Ireland will be the venue for the 2008 Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference, the first time the country has hosted the event.
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ArticleCider booming in Northern Ireland
Apple growers in Northern Ireland are continuing to ride what’s been termed ‘the Magners wave’, as demand for regional cider booms in Ulster.
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ArticleKeelings wins top Irish grower award
Keelings Salads has won the Bord Bia Best Grower of the Year Award, presented to the growers that best represents exceptional standards in production and handling of fresh produce.
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Irish compeition board asked to investigate multiples
The Irish Competition Authority may be asked to investigate whether the monopoly power exercised by multiples is forcing vegetable growers out of business.
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Irish growers dig in against retailers
The Irish Competition Authority may be asked to investigate whether the monopoly power exercised by multiples is forcing vegetable growers out of business.
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Irish growers plea to supermarkets
Fresh produce growers in the Irish Republic have issued a stark warning to the multiples: Increase our prices or we’ll go out of business.
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Total Produce starts trading
Total Produce was admitted to trading on the IEX market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
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Irish to police mushroom sector
A joint labour committee that will police pay and conditions in the €130m Irish mushroom industry and end the damaging publicity about the exploitation of migrant workers is under discussion by government, growers and unions.
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Irish grower fined for foreign worker treatment
Irish mushroom grower landed with €350,000 bill for "unfair sackings".
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Irish authorities launch pesticide probe
The Irish Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the alleged use of dangerous and banned pesticides in the Republic’s mushroom industry.