END OF AN ERA FOR TOWN OF MONAGHAN CO-OP

Town of Monaghan Co-Op, which employed generations of local people. It was part of the fabric of the local economy for over a century. As we went to press yesterday, Wednesday, on foot of a request from this newspaper, a Lakeland Dairies spokesperson issued the following statement: “Lakeland Dairies is committed to delivering sustainable prosperity to our 3,200 farm families by ensuring that we are right-sized, lean, and efficient, while offering added-value products to customers in over 100 global markets. “Over the course of 2023, Lakeland Dairies examined, in detail, how best to create further processing efficiencies in the long-term interests and sustainability of our farm families, who produce 2bn litres of high-quality milk annually. This involved a close assessment of the Lakeland Dairies…