Sugar Industry Report

John_F

It is possible that the mallow plant would still be running and making a profit if the european commission didn't reform the sector. Greencore had to dismantle the whole plant to receive compo. 240 jobs lost and farm income for compo of €213m. We'd be damn glad to have the industry in 2010 unlike the view in 2006! EU now a net importer, Lessons to be learnt!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1110/greencore.html

paulaa

John_F wrote: »

It is possible that the mallow plant would still be running and making a profit if the european commission didn't reform the sector. Greencore had to dismantle the whole plant to receive compo. 240 jobs lost and farm income for compo of €213m. We'd be damn glad to have the industry in 2010 unlike the view in 2006! EU now a net importer, Lessons to be learnt!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1110/greencore.html

Is anyone really surprised at this revelation ? Mary Coughlin was in Europe supposed to be fighting our case, she didn't even show up for some of the meetings at the time.

ihatetractors

Was a bloody shame, just a reason that you should put people who know they're buisness in charge. Beet was a super crop and due to a few beurocratic pen pushers far removed from the 'in and outs' of the industry, only reading numbers on piece of paper, it was handed over. Pity, we never learn do we :mad:
Would be an extremely beneficial crop to have back, highly unlikely though:(.

paulaa

ihatetractors wrote: »

Was a bloody shame, just a reason that you should put people who know they're buisness in charge. Beet was a super crop and due to a few beurocratic pen pushers far removed from the 'in and outs' of the industry, only reading numbers on piece of paper, it was handed over. Pity, we never learn do we :mad:
Would be an extremely beneficial crop to have back, highly unlikely though:(.

Who knows if we had someone who knew what they were talking about putting our case to the EU.

I've said it before, at the time our government were more interested in the construction industry and getting their buddies in Greencore compensation than they were in the loss of our beet industry

Corsendonk

I don't think Greencore were terribly upset either, sugar production was old industry that didn't suit there new business plan.

Bitten & Hisses

What happened with our sugar industry one of the great scandals of the past decade. Mary Coughlan's ineptitude at that time has been so understated it's not funny. She should be unemployable after that folly, yet she ends up being promoted to Tanaiste after a performance which would possibly only be rivalled by that of a cardboard cutout. I don't care how much state support that industry needed, it was an enormous wealth generator throughout much of the country and its removal has been to the detriment of rural Ireland. 5 years ago, you'd drive along the road from the racecourse to Mallow and you'd see the plumes of steam from the sugar factory. Now, all you see is empty space. Our politicians should be bloody well ashamed of themselves.

CJhaughey

It was all linked to Anglo and the poisonous party FF.
Liam Carroll was a major shareholder in Greencore and after the Mallow plant was closed off he was going to develop the site for big bucks.
Also there was a load of Anglo cronies that wanted the plant closed because of the payout.
It is just symptomatic of the vast web of corruption that hangs over this Island, mainly from FF and its associated leeches.
Drivetime had a piece on it tonight.

5live

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

What happened with our sugar industry one of the great scandals of the past decade. Mary Coughlan's ineptitude at that time has been so understated it's not funny. She should be unemployable after that folly, yet she ends up being promoted to Tanaiste after a performance which would possibly only be rivalled by that of a cardboard cutout. I don't care how much state support that industry needed, it was an enormous wealth generator throughout much of the country and its removal has been to the detriment of rural Ireland. 5 years ago, you'd drive along the road from the racecourse to Mallow and you'd see the plumes of steam from the sugar factory. Now, all you see is empty space. Our politicians should be bloody well ashamed of themselves.

According to newspapers at the time of her promotion she was well liked by farmers. I wonder how drunk those lads were when asked:D:confused:

tabby aspreme

CJhaughey wrote: »

It was all linked to Anglo and the poisonous party FF.
Liam Carroll was a major shareholder in Greencore and after the Mallow plant was closed off he was going to develop the site for big bucks.
Also there was a load of Anglo cronies that wanted the plant closed because of the payout.

Same story in Carlow , the only thing left on the site is a very tall cooling tower and it was left there to facilitate planning for very tall apartment buildings, there was even talk of a new commuter train station on the site such was the scale of the planned development, not alone have we lost the sugar industry we are also paying for these sites through NAMA:mad::mad::mad:

Bitten & Hisses

5live wrote: »

According to newspapers at the time of her promotion she was well liked by farmers. I wonder how drunk those lads were when asked:D:confused:

Probably some of the sheep in the IFA flock. She always appeared very cosy with those boys.

5live

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

Probably some of the sheep in the IFA flock. She always appeared very cosy with those boys.

You just reminded me of the then president of the IFA hoisting wee Mary up into his arms for a photo shoot:(. I still shiver at the image

CJhaughey

I know it's off topic but I can see the exact same thing happening in a few years time with our fishing industry.
Ireland will look back and say at one point we could feed out population with meat and fish and dairy.Now we are net importers of some of these foodstuffs.
Its happening already just look at the frozen fish in the supermarket, most of it is from outside the EU!