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Exciting week for factory Glanbia and A-ware
It has been an exciting week for the Glanbia and Royal A-ware project in Ireland. Ireland's Supreme Court hears the National Trust in its objection to the planned Kilkenny cheese factory. The verdict on this is decisive for the project.
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Glanbia's lawyer is cautiously optimistic about the possible outcome of the case. For the first time, the National Trust has admitted that the arrival of the new cheese factory is not inextricably linked to the entire dairy farming development in the south-east of Ireland. Even without the cheese factory, the dairy farm in the area will continue to look for development opportunities.
Judges ask for clarification
The National Trust's ruling follows questions from the judges. Until now, the organization tried to directly link the Glanbia and A-ware project to negative environmental effects for the entire region and threats to, among other things, agreements in the Paris (environmental) agreement.
According to the original plans, the Glanbia and Royal A-ware cheese factory should have been up and running this year, but that will certainly not happen. The factory has a planned capacity of 450 million liters of milk per year and should cost €140 million. It is not clear whether this picture will remain the same after a possible positive ruling for the companies.