Up to 120 new jobs are to be created in Edenderry, with the rebuilding of a meat processing plant.

Rosderra Meat, who specialises in pig meat, is to completely rebuild a section of its plant, which was destroyed by a fire last August.

The finished construction project will house processing, packing and despatch operations. The work is expected to be complete by November.

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Around 60 new jobs will be created initially, but the firm hopes this number will double by the time the plant is running at full capacity.

Rosderra Meats currently employs 250 staff at the plant. The management team that acquired the Glanbia Meats Division, in February, set up the firm. The overall group employs 840 staff in Ireland.

Rosderra is expected to slaughter 1.3 million pigs during its first year of operation. This represents half of the total number of pigs slaughtered for meat in Ireland.

The group also operate plants in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, Clara, Co Offaly, Jamestown, Co Leitrim, and Stradone, Co Cavan.

Rosderra Meats also operate seven pig farms.

(PR/JM)