Mr Smyth said he had been denied the opportunity to speak at the meeting, held via conference call to comply with Covid-19 restrictions. Meeting organisers told shareholders who wanted to comment or question management to press the star key and number one their phone keypads. He said he was confident of getting the support needed from Irish shareholders. Mr Smyth believes that IPL now sees itself as a Canadian company with Irish shareholders, whom he says have been treated “abysmally”. IPL, led by Irish chief executive, Alan Walsh, has factories in the Republic, Canada, the US, the UK, Europe and China.

Source: The Irish Times June 23, 2020 20:37 UTC