Longford native Karen Connaughton has recently been appointed as new Industry Talent Manager at Bord Bia.
The Lanesboro native will hope helps to identify and develop future executive talent for Ireland's food and drink industry and is returning to Ireland from the UK, where she spent the past five years with Bord Bia, most recently as its Market Specialist for the Dairy, Seafood and Alcohol sectors.
She has been speaking to MaryClaire Greally about her new role, thefood industry here and the challenges not only Covid but Brexit has brought to producers locally, and across the country :
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