Sentences with phrase «irish dairy industry»

«Creating Opportunities for the Irish Dairy Industry in Algeria» was a joint undertaking of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade — supported by Breifne O'Reilly, Ambassador of Ireland to Switzerland, Algeria and Lichtenstein — and Enterprise Ireland's Milan Office which covers both Algeria and Morocco.

As dairy quotas were lifted on April 1, 2015, the Irish dairy industry is facing an unprecedented level of expansion over the next five years.

With over $ 1bn ($ 1.1 bn) being invested on dairy farms and over $ 600m ($ 658m) in processing and market capacity, Bord Bia says that the Irish dairy industry will have the fastest growing dairy sector in the world over the next five years.

In spite of low farmgate prices for milk, the Irish dairy industry — with its 18,000 dairy farmers — is seen as a world leader, thanks in part to its Origin Green program.

The allegations were first made on Irish television, RTE's Prime Time programme, which suggested an illegal cartel in the Irish dairy industry during the 1990s was involved in price - fixing, which cost the consumer tens of millions over the years.

Ulster University in Northern Ireland has been awarded funding of almost $ 400,000 as part of a larger $ 2.6 million research grant to develop new mixing process technologies for milk powder hydration, which aims to significantly enhance the economic competitiveness of the Irish dairy industry.

Not exact matches

Welcoming the investment, Irish minister of state Shane McEntee identified the British market as one that held «considerable growth potential» for the Irish dairy sector, within the context of industry targets under the government - led agri - food initiative Food Harvest 2020.

The head of the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has warned that expanding the Irish milk output by 50 per cent could cost the industry $ 850m.