Agri Politics
Former minister for agriculture, Michael Creed said that the beef protests of 2019 were one of the big challenges he faced while in office.
All farm organisations have been urged by the Individual Farmers of Ireland to pressurise the government to reject the Mercosur deal.
Beef
Farmer protesters will return to the streets of Dublin next week - unless "significant results" emerge from the Beef Market Taskforce.
Speculation is rife that a farmer protest is being planned to take place outside a retail distribution center on Wednesday night, January 1.
A group of protesters currently demonstrating in Dublin city centre have stated their intentions to hold their picket line overnight.
A second tractor protest has just kicked off in Merrion Square, in Dublin city centre, this afternoon, Tuesday, December 17.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) will consider its next move in its beef price campaign at the organisation's national council meeting.
The IFA has doubled the length of its blockade at the ‘goods in’ depot at Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt in Dublin.
The IFA has begun its latest blockade at the ‘goods in’ depot at Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt in Dublin this afternoon.
The IFA has continued its beef protest this morning by blockading the Musgraves central distribution centre (CDC) in Kilcock, Co. Kildare.
Tesco "cannot wash its hands" of the issue of farmers working for below the cost of production, according to the ICSA.
Agri-Business
Tesco Ireland has issued a response to the IFA's blockade of its central distribution centre in Donabate, Co. Dublin, this morning.
The Beef Market Tracking Index is anticipated to show a widening gap between beef prices in Ireland and in the UK and EU, the IFA says.
Retailers have up to now gotten away "pretty much scot-free" in the "dysfunctional" beef food chain, according to IFA president Joe Healy.
The IFA blockaded the Tesco central distribution centre in Donabate, Co. Dublin, as part of the ongoing farmer campaign.
The IFA president Joe Healy has this morning said: "We will continue to take action until processors give a significant price increase."
The Beef Market Taskforce must be convened next week - with December 15 seen as being too far away - according to the Beef Plan Movement.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Government have been called on to "end their charade with beef farmers" by Tim Cullinan.
Claims made by a group of protesters in Dublin today that "foreign beef is being labelled as Irish" have been roundly dismissed by Bord Bia.
A group of approximately 25 protesters demonstrated outside Bord Bia headquarters in Dublin earlier today, Friday, November 1.
The restructured Independent Farmers of Ireland has issued a statement outlining its position going forward under new representation.
The three original representatives of the Independent Farmers of Ireland group have resigned following a meeting last night.
Beef processors have revealed that some of their factory personnel that were laid off in recent weeks will not be returning to work.
