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Glenisk To Assess The Damage Caused By Devastating Fire At Offaly.

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The company employs about 90 people, but none of the 50 staff present at the time were injured.

Glenisk will today assess the extent of the damage to its yogurt manufacturing factory, after a major fire yesterday.

Millions of euro worth of damage was caused to the plant in Killeigh, Co Offaly.

The company employs about 90 people, but none of the 50 staff present at the time were injured.

It's Glenisk's only manufacturing plant, and local councillor Neil Feighery says it's a very worrying time.


Junior Agriculture Minister, Pippa Hackett, will meet Glenisk today to discuss the major fire

Councillor Feighery says Glenisk needs state support to bounce back from the devastation

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