Beef
Waterford meat plant staff 'bused to work with standing room only' - Doherty
Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has claimed that staff at a Co. Waterford meat plant were being “bused to work”...
Beef
Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has claimed that staff at a Co. Waterford meat plant were being “bused to work”...
Agri Politics
The suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants completely undermines assurances from the Health Service Executive (HSE) that there is...
Beef
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that Covid-19 testing at meat plants is to be postponed, apparently on a...
Sheep
Kildare Chilling is unlikely to be taking sheep in the early part of this week, as the company awaits a...
Agri Politics
The “lack of commitment” from the meat processing industry to immediately close individual plants in the event of further outbreaks...
Beef
Trade union SIPTU has thrown down the gauntlet to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Covid-19 this morning, Thursday, August 13,...
Beef
Meat industry workers operating as sole traders are a “growing phenomenon” in the Irish sector, with such workers not entitled...
Beef
The situation in meat processing plants will be the first topic for discussion when the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response...
Beef
A serial testing programme – initially on a weekly basis – is set to be rolled out for meat plants...
Agri-Business
The CEO of Ibec – the business and employer umbrella group of which Meat Industry Ireland (MII) is a part...
Agri Politics
Pleas from the government for people not to apportion blame over Covid-19 outbreaks at meat factories “is a self-serving cry...
Agri-Business
The public discussion around Covid-19 in meat plants is continuing today, Monday, August 10, following a recent surge in the...
Agri Politics
The country is paying a high price for the failure of the government to regulate the meat industry, according to...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said that it spoke this morning, Friday, August 7, with the acting chief medical officer...
Agri Politics
Calls have been made for a taskforce for the meat processing industry following the emergence of new Covid-19 clusters at...
Beef
The spike of Covid-19 clusters in meat and food processing facilities in recent days “comes as no surprise” to trade...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has responded to the recent spike in confirmed cases of Covid-19 and virus clusters in meat...
Agri-Business
A lot of lambs were sold over the last few weeks, with 74,535 sold in the past week alone and...