Published on Thursday20thOctober2011

Minister McEntee at All-Ireland Mushroom conference

Minister McEntee is seen here with Chef Brian Connolly and Gerry Walsh of Teagasc

Minister Shane McEntee with Micheal McGovern, Chairman of CMP Mushrooms, Monaghan (centre) and Sam Condell (R), local mushroom grower

Shane McEntee,  Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Horticulture, today opened the 2011 All Ireland Mushroom Conference and Trade Show at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan stating in his address that

“The mushroom industry is one of the success stories of Irish agriculture over the past 30 years.” 

Read the full press release here.