As you read this article, Ireland’s dairy industry is in overdrive. Every year in May, lorry drivers and creamery workers put in round-the-clock shifts as peak grass growth drives a surge in milk production. In 2025, the Republic broke a new record, milking 8.8 billion litres from 1.6 million cows after a dip in supply in the previous two years, according to the CSO. The sum of the volumes that the co-ops reported was even higher, above 10 billion litres. That was a good year for the State’s 15,000 dairy farms and their milk-processing co-ops. “It will be a very…

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