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PERMISSION GRANTED TO DEMOLISH OATFIELD FACTORY

written by Stephen Maguire August 23, 2013
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The famous Oatfield sweet factory is Letterkenny is to be demolished.

The Oatfields sweet factory will disappear soon.

The Oatfields sweet factory will disappear soon.

The factory, which once employed as many as 85 workers, is to be cleared after planning permission was granted by Letterkenny Town Council this week.

Zopitar Ltd, a subsidiary of Donegal Creameries, are expected to bulldoze the site in the coming weeks.

The factory closed last May with the loss of its remaining 17 jobs when production at the plant was moved to the UK.

There had been initial calls for some sort of museum to be built on the site in memory of the famous sweet factory but nothing transpired.

Sweets form the plant, which was founded by Ira McKinney in 1927, were known around the world.

The included the emerald chocolate and the chocolate orange.

It is not known yet what plans the current owners have for the site.

PERMISSION GRANTED TO DEMOLISH OATFIELD FACTORY was last modified: August 23rd, 2013 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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