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Beef focus: Operating a 50-head finishing enterprise and dairy farm in Co. Kilkenny

November 21, 2020

Farming in Kilmanagh in Co. Kilkenny, Patrick Marnell is running a 60-cow dairy herd, alongside a beef finishing enterprise. Once replacement heifers have…

Benefit from €100/head by becoming a Twenty20 Beef Club member

October 26, 2020

The Twenty20 Beef Club was developed by Glanbia Ireland and Kepak to improve the economic sustainability of calf-to-beef systems. Over the past few…

Kepak CEO designate departs before taking full role

October 23, 2020

Agri-Business

The group CEO designate of Kepak, Mark Boyle, has left the business before taking on the full CEO role. Boyle was appointed as…

Kepak site to close amidst ‘challenging market conditions’

February 13, 2020

Beef

Kepak has issued a statement outlining plans to “temporarily suspend” operations at its Co. Clare beef processing site. The statement from the meat…

Kepak plant in Clare to close ‘for a time’

February 13, 2020

Beef

The Kepak plant in Co. Clare is set to close “for a time” over apparent concerns over the plant’s profitability and long-term sustainability.…

‘It will take months to work through backlog’ – Kepak

September 19, 2019

Beef

Kepak has claimed that it will “take months” to work through the backlog of cattle for slaughtering, due to the protests at various…

Kepak €6.5 million investment in Clare ‘indefinitely postponed’

September 17, 2019

Agri-Business

Kepak Group has confirmed that it has “indefinitely postponed” a planned €6.5 million investment at its Clare site in Drumquin as a direct…

Kepak postpones €6.5 million investment in Clare

September 17, 2019

Beef

Kepak has announced that it has “indefinitely postponed” a planned €6.5 million investment at its Co. Clare site in Drumquin, which it says…

Kepak ‘regrets’ plant closures and 1,125 layoffs

September 11, 2019

Beef

Kepak has layed off some 1,125 staff from their meat plants around the country, citing the farmer protests as the reason for the…

Kepak Athleague workers seen leaving plant ‘with white envelopes’

September 10, 2019

Beef

Employees at the Kepak processing facility in Athleague, Co. Roscommon, have been seen leaving the plant “with white envelopes”, in what is suspected…

New protest begins outside meat facility in Ballymahon

September 6, 2019

Beef

A new protest has begun outside a meat processing facility in Ballymahon, Co. Longford. Kicking off outside the boning hall owned by Kepak…

Chinese inspection to be facilitated in Athleague

September 4, 2019

Beef

Additional reporting by Claire Mc Cormack An agreement has been reached between protesters and management at Kepak Athleague to accommodate an inspection by…

Kepak secures permanent injunctions against protesters

September 3, 2019

Agri-Business

Meat processor Kepak has secured High Court injunctions prohibiting named protesters from engaging in blockades outside a number of its meat factories. Secured…

Cancelled inspection ‘a massive own goal for farmers’ – Kepak

September 2, 2019

Sheep

The cancellation of an inspection at the Kepak beef and sheepmeat plant in Athleague, Co. Roscommon, “is a massive own goal” for farmers,…

Inspection by Chinese officials unable to go ahead in Athleague

September 2, 2019

Sheep

An inspection by officials from China at the Kepak processing facility in Athleague, Co. Roscommon, has reportedly been prevented from going ahead after…

Kepak commits to ‘steady the trade’ following talks with ICSA

July 5, 2019

Sheep

Kepak has told the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) at a meeting that they will “steady the trade” on lambs. The…

More talks planned for Thursday between ICSA and Kepak

July 2, 2019

Sheep

Representatives from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) and Kepak Athleague, Co. Roscommon, will continue to engage in talks on Thursday,…

Tag reading rule lifted for farmers sending sheep to Athleague

June 13, 2019

Sheep

It has been confirmed that all sheep farmers in the Republic of Ireland who are sending sheep to Kepak’s factory in Athleague, Co.…

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