Castlemahon Foods

Type
Closure
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Southern; Mid-West
Location of affected unit(s)
Limerick
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
308 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
2 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 November 2006

Description

More than 300 workers are to lose their jobs at poultry firm Castlemahon Foods, based in Limerick. Provisional liquidator Kieran Wallace of KPMG confirmed on 2 October 2006 that the company will be wound down over the coming five to six weeks.

The company had already cut 150 jobs in February 2005 due to competition in the market and rising operating costs.

Sources

  • 3 October 2006: The Irish Independent

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Castlemahon Foods, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 64175, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64175.