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Niall Browne, the CEO of Dawn Meats, pictured at a fence in the countryside

Dawn Meats agrees deal with New Zealand's Alliance Group

Dawn Meats has announced a deal to acquire a majority stake in New Zealand meat producer Alliance Group.

Business • 12 Aug

Tom Hyland - Dawn Meats' Engineering Director

Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in new solar panel project

Dawn Meats has invested €1.5m in a new solar panel project at its Grannagh site in Co Waterford.

Business • 20 Jan

(L-R) Jim O'Toole of Bord Bia, Alistair Macrow and Laura Henderson from McDonald's, farmer John Phelan of Phelan Family Farm and Niall Browne of Dawn Meats

Payments for beef farmers who achieve emissions targets

Dawn Meats has launched a sustainability programme which will see participating beef farmers receive payments for achieving emissions targets.

Business • 21 Aug 24

Abdullah Aljaber was awarded the compensation on foot of a complaint under the Employment Equality Act 1998.

Dawn Meats ordered to pay worker €15k for discrimination

A worker who alleged health and safety procedures were "neglected" at the Dawn Meats factory in Waterford because of Covid-19 pandemic pressure in the winter of 2020 has won €15,000 for discrimination after the Workplace Relations Commission ruled he was dismissed because of a back injury.

Business • 22 Jul 24

Aldi's Managing Director of Buying & Services, Colin Breslin (left) and Dawn Meats CEO Niall Browne

Dawn Meats and Aldi agree new five year €125m deal

Dawn Meats and Aldi have signed a new, five-year supply contract worth €125m.

Business • 17 Jun 24

Dawn Meats has called the burgers on the floor claims false and defamatory

Dawn Meats burger claims not 'national security' matter

Allegations that safety and hygiene procedures were "neglected" at a Dawn Meats plant in the winter of 2020 because of pandemic pressures are not a matter of such sensitivity that a hearing had to be held behind closed doors, a solicitor has told the Workplace Relations Commission.

Business • 08 Nov 23

Gill Higgins, Group Sustainability Director at Dawn Meats and Dunbia, and Niall Browne, CEO of Dawn Meats and Dunbia

Dawn Meats set to acquire Kildare Chilling

Dawn Meats Ireland has notified the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of its proposed acquisition of Kildare Chilling.

Business • 07 Feb 23

Dawn Meats invests €100m in Net Zero climate commitment

Dawn Meats has announced a €100m investment in order to reach a target of net zero operational emissions by 2040.

Business • 06 Dec 22

Dawn Meats case at the Workplace Relations Commission

Covid-19 pressures led workers at a site belonging to one of Europe's largest meat processors to pick fallen burgers off the floor and put them back on the line, while machines were left uncleaned on certain days, it has been alleged at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland • 01 Dec 22

Protesters stood down their action at Slaney Meats near Bunclody

Processing resumes at Slaney Meats in Wexford

Processing has resumed at one of the meat plants that has been at the centre of a month-long blockade.

Ireland • 19 Sep 19

Sixteen people are expected to present themselves at the High Court on Friday morning

Dawn Meats seeks court action against beef protesters

More protesters could face jail if they do not agree to abide by court injunctions granted by the High Court preventing the blockade of facilities belonging to Dawn Meats.

Ireland • 03 Sep 19

Pickets continue in place outside Dawn Meats in Grannagh, Co Kilkenny

Beef plant owners to take legal action over protests

Meat plant owners are to take legal action to stop protests outside factories for over a week, which have led to a slowdown in beef production, as well as the temporary layoff of employees.

Ireland • 08 Aug 19

Protests at the Dawn Meats plant in Grannagh yesterday

Reports of temporary layoffs at meat processing plants

More than 150 workers at a Co Kilkenny meat processing plant have reportedly been temporarily laid off as protests by farmers over beef prices continue.

Ireland • 07 Aug 19

Trucks being blocked from entering the Dawn Meats property at Grannagh

Minister calls for talks in dispute over beef prices

The Minister for Agriculture has urged the parties involved in the current dispute over beef prices to meet to discuss their differences.

Leinster • 06 Aug 19

Niall Browne, CEO of Dawn Meats said consumers are more and more concerned with the impact of the lifestyle choices that they make

Dawn Meats charts progress towards sustainability goals

Meat processors Dawn Meats has cut its CO2 emissions by 33% just four years into a ten-year strategy to reduce the company's environmental impact.

Business • 24 Jul 19

Former Dunbia CEO Jim Dobson will be the company's new CEO, while Niall Browne is its executive chairman

Dawn Meats and Dunbia partnership deal now complete

A strategic partnership and acquisition deal announced earlier this year by Dawn Meats and Dunbia has been completed.

Business • 29 Sep 17

The Dawn Meats-McDonald's beef deal was signed in 2012

Dawn Meats makes billionth burger for McDonald's

Dawn Meats has said it has produced over one billion beef burgers for fastfood chain McDonald's since a €300m deal was signed between the two companies in 2012.

Business • 08 Jun 16