Agri Politics
Issuing of factory solicitors' letters 'only adding fuel' - Beef Plan
The Beef Plan Movement has been issued with solicitors’ letters from a number of meat factories, which according to the...
Beef Plan
Agri Politics
'Bully-boy tactics': MII legal action 'not a wise move' - Fitzmaurice
The decision by members of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) to resort to legal action in an effort to remove protests...
Beef
Beef Plan officially stands down from Charleville protest
The Beef Plan Movement has officially withdrawn from a protest in Charleville, Co. Cork, a representative for the farmer association...
Agri Politics
Mediator needs to be appointed to break deadlock - INHFA
Calls for a mediator to be appointed to break the deadlock between the Beef Plan Movement, Meat Industry Ireland (MII)...
Beef
Beef Plan formally steps back from Ennis protest
The Beef Plan Movement has left the protest outside a meat factory in Ennis, Co. Clare, following a breach in...
Agri Politics
'Heavy-handed' MII legal action move 'counterproductive' - IFA
The move by Meat Industry Ireland (MII) to take legal action has been labelled as heavy-handed, ill-advised and counterproductive by...
Agri-Business
SIPTU urges all sides to 'seek early resolution' to beef standoff
Workers’ union SIPTU has urged all sides to seek a “speedy” resolution to the ongoing standoff between the Beef Plan...
Beef
MII: Businesses 'to seek legal remedy' to ongoing protests
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has released a statement announcing that, as a “last resort”, member businesses “have been left with...
Beef
Beef Plan protest begins outside plant in Charleville
Additional reporting by Claire Mc Cormack Members of the Beef Plan Movement have begun protesting outside the meat factory in...
Beef
MII: 9 sites not operating amid 'ongoing protests, intimidation and blockades'
Meat processors have “endeavoured to maintain business continuity in the face of ongoing protests, intimidation and blockades of factory operations...
Rural Life
Armed Gardaí present at Rathkeale beef protest
Members of the Garda Armed Response Unit were apparently present at a farmer protest organised by the Beef Plan Movement...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae calls for Tánaiste and ministers to meet protesters
Both the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, have been called on to...
Agri Politics
IFA members 'free to make own decisions' on joining beef protests
Member farmers are free to make their own decisions on joining in beef protests – but farmers who need to...
Beef
'Things are ramping up': Beef Plan protest enters 'Week 2'
The Beef Plan Movement is seeking to ramp things up as it enters the second week of its nationwide protest,...
Rural Life
Garda enquiries 'ongoing' into Bandon picket incident
An Garda Síochána is aware of an incident that took place in Bandon, Co. Cork, this morning, Sunday, August 4,...
Beef
Beef Plan to MII: Farmers are 'not obliged' to sell cattle to factories
The Beef Plan Movement has issued a response to Meat Industry Ireland (MII) amid ongoing farmer protests outside meat factories...
Agri-Business
Beef Plan stresses importance of adherence to protest guidelines
If guidelines are not followed at protests organised by the Beef Plan Movement, such protests will be suspended, a spokesperson...
Agri Politics
Video: Protest kicks off outside beef plant in Clare
Additional reporting by Aisling Kiernan A new protest has been started by members of the Beef Plan Movement in Ennis,...