Long-serving milk plant Arrabawn Dairies has sold the business for 8 million euro
60 people are set to lose their jobs in Co.Galway due to the closure of a long-serving Milk plant.
Arrabawn Dairies has sold the business for 8 million euros, as a result, its production plant in Kilconnell will shut down.
Up to 140 staff will either be relocated or offered redundancy, and 60 of those will lose their jobs.
The closure of a large milk processing plant in East Galway will have a major effect on local dairy farmers according to one rural TD.
TD Denise Naughten described the announcement as a huge blow to staff and families, as well as the entire community.
Speaking to Let's Talk today, Deputy Naughten believes the decision will end up costing farmers more:
''Arrabawn has said that it will continue to receive winter milk from those suppliers but it's hard to see how the economics of that is going to work from the point of view that the liquid milk processing facility that Aurivo has is in Donegal, transporting liquid milk from County Galway to Donegal has got to be at a huge cost and it's very hard to see how that could be financially viable, but that's what the company is saying this morning.''
