A protest at Kerry Foods in Carrickmacross scheduled for this Tuesday has been suspended, pending a ballot among SIPTU members.

This is one of three protests planned after Kerry Foods announced in February that it was seeking 31 redundancies due to falling Euro-Sterling exchange rates after the Brexit vote of 2016.

SIPTU Organiser, Jim McVeigh told the Irish Farmers Journal that after a meeting with the company on Monday the proposals have been revised.

“Will be balloting members on revised proposals this Thursday,” McVeigh said.

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