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New Chair and Vice-Chair Elected at Lakeland Dairies

Lakeland Dairies has announced the appointment of both a new chair and vice-chair of the cooperative board.

Niall Matthews, from Carrickmacross, Co. Louth, has been appointed chairman of Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Ltd.

Mr Matthews was elected to the board of the co-op in 2017. He succeeds Aloysius Duffy, who served as a board member since 2010 and as chairman since 2014.

“I am very honoured to be appointed chairman of Lakeland Dairies. Working with the vice-chairman, board members, CEO and management of the cooperative, I look forward to the continuing strong progress of Lakeland Dairies,” said Mr Matthews. 

Andrew McHugh, of Newtonforbes, Co. Longford, has been appointed vice-chairman and succeeds Colin Kelso. Mr McHugh was elected to the Board of Lakeland Dairies in 2016. 

Lakeland Dairies, is one of Ireland’s largest dairy processing co-operatives, operating across 16 counties on a cross border basis, collecting over 1.85 billion million litres of milk, produced by 3,200 farm families.

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