Niall Matthews, a dairy farmer from County Louth, has been re-elected as Chair of Ireland’s largest dairy co-operative, Lakeland Dairies at its Board meeting yesterday.
Mr. Matthews was first elected to his role as Chair in February 2021, and was first elected to the Board in 2017. He farms at Tully, which is just north of Aerdee, in partnership with his wife Juana, with their son and two daughters.
Lakeland Dairies processes two billion litres of milk annually into a wide range of high quality dairy food ingredients, foodservice and consumer products, collecting milk from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties north and south.
The co-operative has eight major processing facilities and exports over 240 products to 80 countries worldwide.
Board Member Keith Agnew, a dairy farmer in Newry, Co. Down, has been elected Vice-Chair of the Co-operative.
Mr. Matthews said he is looking forward to working with Keith and all Board members as they continue the strong progress of Lakeland Dairies.
“We are grateful to outgoing Vice-Chairs Alan McCay and Andrew McHugh, both of whom served as vice-chairs under the interim rules of the Society, following from the successful Lakeland and Lacpatrick merger completion and consequent Board reconfiguration.
“Both Alan and Andrew continue on the Board and we thank them for their contribution and commitment.”
