Agri-Business
€100 million Brexit scheme for food processing 'not of immediate help to farmers'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has shown concern that the €100 million Brexit scheme announced for the food processing sector will...
Meat Industry Ireland
Beef
Meat industry: 'Economic hit will be immediate - so too must be response'
A no-deal Brexit could see tariffs of up to €926 million slapped onto Irish meat exports annually – which is...
Agri-Business
Meat industry 'strongly refutes' MRCI claims on safety and employment
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has strongly refuted claims made by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) regarding health and safety...
Agri Politics
Comments linking Covid-19 test times and beef price prove contentious
Comments by Meat Industry Ireland (MII) in the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that delays in Covid-19 testing could...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland to stress need for 24-hour test results in plants
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) will stress the importance of turning around Covid-19 test results in less than 24 hours in...
Agri-Business
'Robust exchange of views' on Covid-19 held between SIPTU and MII
Representatives from trade union SIPTU and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) met today to discuss tackling the problem of Covid-19 clusters...
Beef
MII and acting chief medical officer meet to review protocols in plants
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said that it spoke this morning, Friday, August 7, with the acting chief medical officer...
Beef
Report on Covid-19 in meat factories 'a fine work of fiction' - Smith
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has described Ibec’s submission on Covid-19 cases in meat factories as “a fine work...
Beef
MII reps told it is their 'job to know' Covid-19 cases breakdown in factories
Independent TD Richard O’Donoghue told representatives of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) that it is their “job to know” the breakdown...
Rural Life
'Principles of fairness and equity seem to be lacking' in meat industry - Cairns
“Principles of fairness and equity seem to be lacking” in the meat industry, according to TD Holly Cairns. Addressing the...
Beef
'Double standards' in meat industry 'not acceptable' - Carthy
Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy said he believes the “double standards” in the meat industry are “not acceptable”. Speaking at...
Beef
60% of Covid-19 positive meat plant staff 'recovered and returned' to work - MII
An estimated 60% of meat plant employees, who tested positive for Covid-19, have recovered and have returned to work, Meat...
Sheep
ICSA dismisses MII 'scaremongering' on sheep
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has criticised Meat Industry Ireland (MII) for what it claimed was “scaremongering”...
Beef
MII using 'delaying tactics' in taskforce - Cullinan
One of the candidates at the ongoing Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) presidential election has claimed that Meat Industry Ireland (MII),...
Beef
'All injunctions have not been set aside' - ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that there are still outstanding injunctions on farmers from meat...
Beef
Creed fears MII decision will 'entrench positions'
Minister Michael Creed has called on Meat Industry Ireland (MII) to “make every effort to avoid action that might lead...
Beef
Legal threats must be lifted if 'talks are to succeed' - Beef Plan
The Beef Plan Movement has reiterated its call for the legal threats on the group and its operatives to be...
Beef
MII decision 'pressing self-destruct button on beef sector' - ICSA
The decision by meat processors to pull out of talks on the beef sector has been criticised by one of...