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Administrators Appointed to Glens of Antrim Potatoes Ltd
The company employed 95 staff and is now seeking buyers for its business and assets after directors found no solvent options.
- On Monday, September 21, 2026, Glens of Antrim Potatoes Ltd entered administration with joint administrators Stuart Irwin, Ian Leonard, and Robin Coughlin from Interpath appointed. The move resulted in 95 staff redundancies.
- Rising input costs created 'significant challenges' across the agri-food sector, with Interpath stating pressures had a 'significant and detrimental impact' on the company's cashflow. Directors explored refinancing options without success.
- Established in 1972 by the McKillop family, the firm had grown potatoes for over 50 years and invested £900,000 in a new plant in 2015. It secured a contract supplying 35 Tesco stores across Northern Ireland.
- Following appointment, the company ceased trading with only a skeleton staff retained. North Antrim MP Jim Allister described the outcome as 'a substantial blow to the agricultural sector,' expressing hope a buyer emerges.
- Administrators are seeking interest in the business and its assets from potential buyers. Uncertainty persists for farmers who supplied potatoes to the firm and await the current season's harvest.
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Agriland.ieRising costs push Northern Ireland potato company into administration
By Chris McCullough Almost all 95 staff at a Northern-Ireland-based potato company have been made redundant after the company entered administration. Run by the McKillop family, the Glens of Antrim Potatoes Ltd., company fell victim to continuing rising costs which inevitably hurt its cashflow. As a result the company, with two sites in Co. Antrim, […]
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