date:May 11, 2012
rt the staff to minimise the impact of the decision to close the site.
Toffees and hard candies
Oatfield has operated in Donegal for over 85 years. The plant produced Oatfield Sweet-brand toffees and hard candies.
Other retro-style Zed Candy confectionery brands included Fizz Bombs a type of fizzy boiled sweet and Jawbreakers.
The firm was started in 1999, by two Irish entrepreneurs Brendan Roantree and Donal Kavanagh, as a manufacturer of bubblegum.
In 2001, the Dublin-based firm purchase