Environment
Several agri-business sites on EPA National Priority Sites List
A number of agri-business sites have been named in the latest National Priority Sites List published by the Environmental Protection...
Kepak
Agri-Business
Kepak retains sustainability status at Origin Green awards
Kepak Group has once again secured ‘Gold Membership’ at Bord Bia’s prestigious Origin Green Awards, achieving exemplary status in a...
Agri-Business
HR consultant appointed to board of Kepak
The board of Kepak Group has today (Monday, June 13) announced the appointment of human resources (HR) consultant Orla Coughlan...
Dairy
Glanbia and Kepak's Twenty20 Beef Club hosts Cogeca president
A member of the Twenty20 Beef Club – a joint venture between Glanbia and Kepak – has hosted the president...
Agri-Business
€70m fund announced for meat and dairy processors
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef News
Kepak Athleague pilot project aims for 90% emissions cut
A ‘green partnership’ has been announced between Kepak Group and ActionZero in a bid to bring about significant cuts to...
Agri-Business
Blas na hÉireann awards sees wins for meat processor
Meat processor Kepak has come away from this year’s Blas na hÉireann Irish Food Awards with a ‘Gold Award’ for...
Rural Life
Flipping to fame: Ireland's best burger 2021 revealed
The winner of “Ireland’s Best Burger” for 2021 has been revealed – as independent burger shop Flipside takes the top...
Agri-Business
Kepak appoints new group chief marketing officer
Meat processor Kepak Group has announced the appointment of a new group chief marketing officer this evening (Tuesday, July 27)....
Rural Life
Battle for 'Ireland's best burger' begins...by backing foodservice
The hunt for Ireland’s best burger has begun thanks to National Burger Day – which is just around the corner,...
Agri-Business
Kepak and Supervalu develop 'Lamb Producer Guidelines'
A retailer and a processor have teamed up to develop “Lamb Producer Guidelines” to ensure the highest animal welfare and...
Beef
Beef focus: Operating a 50-head finishing enterprise and dairy farm in Co. Kilkenny
Farming in Kilmanagh in Co. Kilkenny, Patrick Marnell is running a 60-cow dairy herd, alongside a beef finishing enterprise. Once...
Agri-Business
Kepak CEO designate departs before taking full role
The group CEO designate of Kepak, Mark Boyle, has left the business before taking on the full CEO role. Boyle...
Beef
Kepak site to close amidst 'challenging market conditions'
Kepak has issued a statement outlining plans to “temporarily suspend” operations at its Co. Clare beef processing site. The statement...
Beef
Kepak plant in Clare to close 'for a time'
The Kepak plant in Co. Clare is set to close “for a time” over apparent concerns over the plant’s profitability...
Beef
'It will take months to work through backlog' - Kepak
Kepak has claimed that it will “take months” to work through the backlog of cattle for slaughtering, due to the...
Agri-Business
Kepak €6.5 million investment in Clare 'indefinitely postponed'
Kepak Group has confirmed that it has “indefinitely postponed” a planned €6.5 million investment at its Clare site in Drumquin...
Beef
Kepak postpones €6.5 million investment in Clare
Kepak has announced that it has “indefinitely postponed” a planned €6.5 million investment at its Co. Clare site in Drumquin,...