Beef
Cattle procurement team changes at Liffey Meats
The new year has seen changes to the cattle purchasing team at Liffey Meats beef processing outlets. Co. Offaly man,...
Liffey Meats
Beef
Liffey Meats outlook on Irish beef sales to Chinese market
The Irish-based beef processing firm Liffey Meats was in attendance at SIAL Shanghai recently as part of the Bord Bia...
Environment
Liffey Meats awaits decision on plan for Cavan solar farm
Liffey Meats has submitted a planning application to Cavan County Council to develop a solar farm covering approximately 14.5ac (5.9ha)...
Agri-Business
€70m fund announced for meat and dairy processors
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Environment
Liffey Meats' plan for effluent pipe to river requires planning permission
A meat processing company in Co. Cavan has been told that it needs to secure planning permission to install an...
Agri-Business
HSA urged to conduct inspection at Liffey Meats
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been called on to carry out an inspection of the Liffey Meats processing...
Agri-Business
Liffey Meats responds to 'grossly inaccurate' social media claims
Meat processor Liffey Meats has issued a response to a post on social media that suggested staff at its plant...
Beef
Lidl agrees €14 million beef export deal with Liffey Meats
Lidl Ireland and Liffey Meats have secured exports to the value of €14 million, an increase of 20% on 2019...
Environment
From Cavan to Caen: Ireland's first zero-carbon truck 'takes the beef to France'
Virginia International Logistics – based in Co. Cavan – has become the first haulier in Ireland to complete a zero-carbon...
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 issues appeal to protesters
Liffey Meats has issued an appeal to protesters at its gates to end their pickets, saying that it had “500...
Beef
Application to jail protesters at meat plants struck out after agreement reached
Aodhan O’Faolain High Court proceedings that could have resulted in the imprisonment of persons protesting outside two beef processing plants...
Beef
Liffey Meats injunction temporarily suspended for Ballinasloe
The High Court injunction against protests by farmers at the Liffey Meats plant in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, has been temporarily...
Beef
Protester arrested and another injured in Cavan
AgriLand understands that one protester has been arrested and another injured and hospitalised after an alleged stand-off between protesters and Gardaí...
Agri-Business
5th processor granted injunction to restrain 14 named protesters
By Aodhan O’Faolain The owner of three beef processing plants has secured a temporary High Court injunction restraining protesters from...
Rural Life
Irish food companies win big in global beef steak awards
Irish food producers enjoyed overwhelming success at the recent annual World Steak Challenge held in London – with 15 awards...
Agri-Business
New deal gives Liffey Meats a foothold in French market
Liffey Meats has confirmed that it has taken a majority shareholding in the French meat processor Chiron Viandes. A spokesperson...