{"id":517587,"date":"2026-06-25T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517587\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:01:10","slug":"irelands-horticultural-sector-warns-18000-jobs-could-be-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517587\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s Horticultural Sector Warns 18,000 Jobs Could Be Under Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Thursday, 25 June 2026 11:17\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6177d51c9325b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The sector was responsible for \u20ac644 million in agricultural output in 2025.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Up to 18,000 jobs linked to Ireland\u2019s horticultural sector could be under threat.<\/p>\n<p>Growing Media Ireland is calling on Ministers to deliver long-promised reforms and put in place an effective system that safeguards employment and enables sustainable production.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish horticultural sector requires 600 hectares to satisfy domestic demand, with the sector contributing \u20ac644 million to agricultural output in 2025, supporting 7,000 primary production jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mahon, Managing Director of Klasmann-Deilmann Limited in Rathowen says peat remains a critical component of the industry:<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 25 June 2026 11:17 The sector was responsible for \u20ac644 million in agricultural output in 2025. Up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,319,61,60,2673,8285,1529,8284,8282,8283,43,8286,700,59],"class_list":["post-517587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-laois","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-midlands","tag-midlands-103","tag-news","tag-offaly","tag-radio","tag-westmeath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}