Agri-Business
Meat plant clusters 'not a food safety concern' - FSAI
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases in some of the country’s meat processing plants “does not raise food safety concerns”,...
Agri-Business
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases in some of the country’s meat processing plants “does not raise food safety concerns”,...
Agri-Business
Farmers will be included in a €2 billion Credit Guarantee Scheme as part of a range of measures to support...
Beef
There are small positive signs on the cattle price side, with some factories paying a base of €3.45/kg for steers...
Agri-Business
Marts are expected to reopen under phase two of the Government’s roadmap for the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions. The...
Rural Life
The Government has extended the limit on non-essential travel distances from 2km to 5km, after making slight changes to the...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being called on to “conduct an independent verification” to make sure...
Beef
There would be “merit” in making staff testing for Covid-19 at meat processing plants a priority, after healthcare workers, according...
Beef
Trade union SIPTU is calling for mandatory temperature testing for meat and dairy plant workers, as well as the mandatory...
N.Ireland
New measures have been unveiled to enable more TB herd tests to be completed safely on farms in Northern Ireland. Minister...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has confirmed that some meat processing facilities around the country have seen positive cases of Covid-19...
Pig/Poultry
A number of countries and cities around the world have taken steps to ensure people stay away from public areas...
Rural Life
The carbon tax will increase by €6t of carbon from today, Friday, May 1, in line with a measure that...
Agri Politics
Getting further Covid-19 supports for agriculture from the EU “will be difficult”, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Irish dairy and meat processors will be able to apply for access to the European Commission’s Aids to Private Storage...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin recently raised concerns in the Dáil over cases of Covid-19 among staff in meat processing...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has warned that a €25 million Aids to Private Storage (APS) scheme for beef, announced last...
Rural Life
The Government is “failing farmers” during the Covid-19 outbreak, according to one Sinn Féin TD. Matt Carthy, a TD for...
Rural Life
The Gardaí invoked the legislation on Covid-19 restrictions 76 times between April 8 – when the legislation was introduced –...