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The developers of the planned Center Parcs holiday village in Co Longford have awarded contracts worth a combined €5.2 million to four Irish food companies.
Dublin-based Keelings has been selected as the fresh produce and dairy supplier to the resort, while Galway family group Heaney Meats will provide meat products. Other contract winners include Coleraine-based Lynas Foodservice and Antrim-based Henderson Foodservice.
Construction work at Centre Parcs Longford Forest in Ballymahon, which is set to cost €233 million to develop, is under way. The resort is expected to open next year.
The contract for the construction of the holiday village was awarded to John Sisk & Son in 2017.
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UK-based Center Parcs, which is owned by Canadian investment company Brookfield Asset Management, can accommodate 2,500 guests per day when the site is fully operational.