Dickie retires after 54 years at ABP
COLLEAGUES, friends and family gathered recently to mark the retirement of one of ABP’s longest serving employees, Dickie Callan.
Dickie began work Ravensdale back in 1966.
Over the next thirty years, as the company expanded around Ireland in many diverse areas of the Agri Food sector, Dickie move up and down the country, training staff, developing work practices with ABP in and overseeing structural changes in often out dated facilities.
Speaking a the retirement event, Roger Sheahan, Plant Manager in ABP Newry, said ‘No matter the distance, Dickie always made it back to the family in Dundalk!’
There were many personal tributes paid on the evening, showing the high esteem in which Dickie Callan was held.
This was particularly noticeable from the warm words expressed by staff, many of whom had joined ABP Newry as young people over the last twenty-five years.
It was clear that Dickie had gone way over and above in his role as floor manager to not only train and encourage these young people, but also ensure they were taken care off as they settled into work in what was for many a new experience or indeed living and working in a different culture.