All Ireland articles – Page 33
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Flavin quits as Fyffes case takes new twist
In a new twist to the long running saga, DCC founder Jim Flavin has resigned as its executive chairman following a move by the official enforcer of corporate law, Paul Appleby, who wants the Irish High Court to appoint inspectors to investigate how DCC sold a major stake in fruit importer Fyffes in 2000
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ArticleIreland's strawberries to boom
The Irish strawberry industry is expecting good growth in the next five years
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Reversal of fortunes for Irish soft fruit
The Irish strawberry industry - once the Cinderella of the country’s horticulture sector, serving mainly processors - has been transformed into a success story, a national soft-fruit conference in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, was told this week.
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ArticleFyffes windfall to fund future expansion
Fyffes is to use its recent High Court payout on expansion
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ArticleTesco reveals plans for expansion in Ireland
Tony Keohane, Tesco Ireland’s chief executive, has announced that the retailer intends to open “six or seven stores a year, for the foreseeable future”.
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ArticleRaising Ireland’s profile
Joseph Blair, programme manager for the Irish Exporters Association and director of its horticultural division Horticulture Network Ireland, speaks to Doris Lee Butterworth about the opportunities for Irish fresh produce.
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Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007
Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007. Laura Gould caught up with owner Shane Donnelly to find out how things have since progressed for the Northern Irish firm.
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Irish growers get minister's support
Irish horticulture minister Trevor Sargent has spoken out in support of the campaign by the republic’s growers for improved prices from the multiples.
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ArticleIrish growers step up supermarket attack
Irish farmers have adopted name-and-shame tactics in their fight against predatory pricing by the multiples, particularly of fresh produce.
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Irish 'shroom firm lands RSA deal
A small Irish firm has clinched a deal that could see it supplying a third of South Africa’s lucrative mushroom market over the next two years.
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ArticleIrish leader attacks multiple predators
The “predatory pricing” of multiples poses as big a threat to horticulture as climate change, according to the leader of Ireland’s main farming organisation.
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Northern Ireland potato firm to shut down
The closure of a potato packer owned by 2,000 farmer shareholders in Antrim, Northern Ireland, was announced this week.
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ArticleSainsbury’s takes over Northern Ireland retailer
Sainsbury’s has taken over part of Northern Ireland’s largest independent supermarket retailer in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced today.
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ArticleFyffes invests heavily in Americas
Irish fruit distributor Fyffes Plc has announced a significant investment in melon production in Central America and bought 60 per cent of Florida-based Sol Group Marketing Company.
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ArticleIrish sprout crop gets ministerial boost
The Brussels sprout may not be everyone’s favourite vegetable, but its popularity got a major boost in the Irish parliament in Dublin last Friday, courtesy of horticulture minister Trevor Sargent.
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Irish growers under fire for nutrition
Irish growers are producing vegetables that are “nutritionally deficient”, because of pressure from the multiples to supply more at less cost, according to a chef at one of the republic’s leading cookery schools.
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ArticleIrish kids to grow their own potatoes
A new subject is to be added to the primary school curriculum in the Irish Republic next year - the art of growing prize-winning potatoes.
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DCC ordered to pay Fyffes' legal costs
Lawyers representing Ireland’s director of corporate enforcement Paul Appleby are expected to pursue DCC’s Jim Flavin over a finding that he was in possession of price sensitive information when the company sold its shares in fruit distributor Fyffes.
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Brown Rot sparks Irish alert
A case of potato brown rot has been confirmed in the Irish Republic for the first time, sparking a major alert across the industry.
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ArticleNew Scotts sales rep for Ireland
Scotts has appointed a new area sales manager for the Republic of Ireland, which, according to the company, has demonstrated its commitment to making further investment in Ireland.