The Flynn family has been growing tomatoes on the outskirts of Dublin for more than 60 years.
And now father and son duo, William and Martin, have taken the business to the next level with £667,000 investment (900,000 euros) in 1.24-acres of new glasshouses.
The investment, which was part funded by Ireland’s rural development programme, has enabled the family to start growing new varieties and helped secure a contract with Aldi as the retailer’s sole Irish tomato supplier.
“This is a family business going back four generations,” said William. “My parents started growing tomatoes here in the 1950s but they were growing them before that.