Beef
C & D Foods reports threats to GardaÃ
C & D Foods has said that it has reported a number of threats to Gardaà that were directed towards...
Beef Protests
Beef
Anuga 2019: Importers of Irish beef ask Bord Bia 'for clarity' on protests
International importers of Irish beef products asked Bord Bia “for clarity” on the recent dispute in the sector, according to...
Beef
Irish Beef Sector Agreement 'must be implemented immediately'
As Irish beef processing facilities reopen, calls have been made for the increased bonuses in the deal to be paid...
Beef
Inside farmer agreement with Liffey Meats
In the final hours of the last standing farmer-led protests outside Liffey Meats’ processing plants in Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, and...
Beef
Liffey Meats agrees '6-week floor' on base price
It has been said this morning, Monday, September 23, that Liffey Meats has “agreed to put a floor under the...
Beef
Beef Plan issues statement following final pickets standing down
The Beef Plan Movement has issued a statement requesting that meat processors “immediately implement” the additional 8c/kg bonus for steers...
Agri Politics
Farmer mediators 'endorsed to represent 10 picket lines'
A group of four farmer mediators have been selected to represent the concerns of individual protesters that have held pickets...
Beef
Farmer protest update: What picket lines have stood down?
A total of 20 farmer protests outside meat processing plants across the country have now officially stood down, AgriLand understands....
Beef
Beef Plan repeats call for an end to protests 'so agreement can be considered'
The Beef Plan Movement is again calling on all protesters to “cease picketing” at meat processing sites across the country,...
Beef
Farmers stand down from Athleague picket
After almost eight weeks of protest, the individual farmers that have held a picket line outside Kepak Athleague in Co....
Beef
6 farmer picket lines 'reluctantly decide' to stand down
Six more factory-gate protests at: Kepak Watergrasshill, Co. Cork; Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo; Dawn Meats Charleville, Co. Cork; ABP...
Beef
Dawn Meats brings in Gardai following 'balaclava protest'
Dawn Meats has contacted local Gardai in relation to concerns about the presence of masked individuals manning the blockade outside...
Beef
Dawn Meats in fresh legal action against Beef Plan
Fresh legal action against the Beef Plan Movement has cast doubt over the potential of getting the Beef Sector Reform...
Beef
'I genuinely thought we had something to offer' - Hugh Doyle
Hugh Doyle, the chairperson of the Beef Plan Movement, has spoken of his disappointment that the deal hammered out between...
Beef
Processing Irish beef in UK factories 'an effort to break farmers'
Aontú leader Peadar TóibÃn has said: “The processing of Irish beef in British factories to then be sold in Irish...
Beef
Beef processors 'temporarily lay off 3,000 employees' amidst farmer protests
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has today, Tuesday, September 10, outlined that 3,000 employees of Irish beef processing facilities have been...
Beef
Factories will 'defer further legal proceedings' if talks happen
A statement from Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said its members will “defer further legal proceedings, so that talks can...
Beef
'BSE is over; there is no need for the 30-month rule now' - Dr. Paddy Wall
There is no scientific basis for the 30-month age limit to remain as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef...