Connemara seafood factory up for sale

Iasc Mara Teoranta in Rossaveal is close to the Aran Islands ferry terminal

BV Commercial has been appointed to sell Iasc Mara Teoranta, an Irish-owned seafood factory in Connemara.

The company specialises in processing pelagic species, in particular mackerel and herring, in the state fishery harbour of Ros-a-Mhíl, or Rossaveal, in this Gaeltacht village, where some 85 per cent of the population are native Irish speakers. Iasc Mara Teo, as it is known, has been in business on this 3.5 acre site since 1992.

The plant ...