Once a local creamery trading from Killygordon’s Finn Valley in 1898, Donegal Investment Group is now a modern, diversified food produce group. It has three main companies: Nomadic (yogurt, cereal on-the-go ‘breakfast bowl’ products), Smyths Daleside Feeds (cattle feed), and IPM potato which grows and exports protected seed varieties. The company is also active outside Ireland and has diversified as far as Brazil, the Netherlands and the UK. DIG relies heavily on mobiles for voice and data communications for this reason. A quarter of its 200-strong workforce uses iPhones, with five iPads distributed among the team. Quality control is essential in food production, which means that Donegal’s remote staff often need to take photos of produce on farm visits. Wi-Fi is rarely avai

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