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New Sugar Beet Processing Factory !

Xenophile · 2013-06-25 19:49:04

If there is a new Sugar Beet processing factory to be established in Ireland, and this now appears very likely I suggest that it be located at Redmondstown , Clonmel. This area is already the home to Magners/Bulmers cider. Many tons of apples are shipped in there each year for processing and cider shipped out. Medite…

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#32 08-01-2014 12:24AM

Justice for the individual

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Voodoo_rasher wrote: »

"Simon Coveney said the skill set existed in the State to grow and harvest sugar and he would “certainly like to see a situation where we could be processing our own sugar”."

Sugar should not be the sole output of such a facility - how about ethanol as a bio-fuel also?

Yes, I fully agree with you.

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