150 jobs expected to be impacted as Ireland’s biggest milk processor looks for redundancies amid rising costs

It said milk processing capabilities will remain unchanged

Margaret Donnelly

Tirlán, Ireland’s biggest milk processor, has confirmed that it is launching a cost reduction programme to enhance its long-term competitiveness.

It comes amid a significant fall off in milk production on dairy farms in recent months after a period of unprecedented growth since the abolition of EU milk quotas in 2015.