Shanbally seafood company scales up
A multi-million euro seafood processing facility in Shanbally has been formally launched with more plans in the pipeline for the Cork company.
The Good Fish Company’s new factory underpins ambitious plans to accelerate company growth in the coming years by upskilling its current workforce of more than 100 employees and utilising leading technologies to ensure sustainability and efficiency drive product development, thereby opening opportunities at home and abroad.
To mark the recent European Maritime Day, Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Michael McGrath, along with Fisheries & Oceans Commissioner Costas Kadis, and Timmy Dooley TD, Minister of State for the Marine, Fisheries and Digital Mapping, launched the facility before touring the building and unveiling a commemorative plaque alongside Donagh & Denis Good of Good Fish Company.
Commissioner McGrath said: “I am delighted to welcome this incredibly impressive new facility by the Good Fish Company - an extraordinary Cork success story I’ve long admired and known personally. The journey started in 1988 when Denis Good opened a fish shop in Carrigaline and now, under the leadership of his son Donagh, the company is opening a state of the art, next generation processing facility in Shanbally.
“With vital EU and Government of Ireland funding behind it, this investment is a major contribution to enhancing Ireland’s seafood sector supporting employment and demonstrating the EU’s commitment to rural enterprise and innovation. I wish the Good family and their staff continued success in the years ahead.”
Good Fish has received support from the EMFF, Brexit Adjustment Reserve, and currently under Ireland’s Seafood Development Programme, which is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the EU as part of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
Donagh Good said: “We are delighted Commissioner McGrath, Commissioner Kadis, and Minister Dooley were able to join us for the official opening of our new location, just two kilometres from Cork’s new container terminal. Building the facility was essential for us to maintain our current growth and to respond strongly to the ever-increasing demand for high-quality frozen seafood products in the domestic market, in Europe, and further afield.”