RCMP on the central Island are investigating an increase in counterfeit currency. Mounties said 23 cases of fake bills have been reported to Campbell River RCMP, with about 20 other reports from communities north of Nanaimo since Jan. 1.
April 27, 2021 2:31 pm
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released a ‘Value Chain Analysis’ of Ireland’s agri-food sector, finding that almost half of all reported agricultural profits are from EU funds.
The CSO figures, which are based on the year 2018, show that food and drink production is worth in excess of €25 billion to the Irish economy.
Irish-owned firms produced €9.8 billion of this €25.7 billion, while €15.9 billion was produced by foreign-owned enterprises.
The largest output from Irish-owned food producing firms was dairy products at €3.4 billion, which is almost a third of domestic firms’ production of food and drink.
Food and drink products produced by Irish-owned firms were exported to 159 countries, with 44% going to the UK (pre-Brexit).