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IFA blockades Lidl distribution centre in Cork

December 6, 2019

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has stepped up its campaign for an increase in the price of beef by blockading the Lidl distribution…

Factories urged to ‘step up to mark on price – or protests will resume’

December 2, 2019

Beef

Beef processors and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) have been urged to “step up to the mark” on the issue of base price in…

Video: French farmers take to cities to voice protest

November 29, 2019

Rural Life

Thousands of French farmers held protests across France earlier this week in a number of the country’s largest cities, seeking better prices for…

Tractors, taskforce and toys: Protest organisers have their say

November 28, 2019

Agri Politics

The organisers of the recent protest held in Dublin by individual farmers earlier this week have issued a statement welcoming the lifting of…

C&D Foods ‘must be brought to task’ following protest ending – ICSA

November 27, 2019

Agri Politics

The decision to stand down the tractor protest which has brought much of Dublin city centre to a standstill has been welcomed by…

Tractors head for home as Dublin protest disbands

November 27, 2019

Agri Politics

Additional reporting by Charles O’Donnell The tractor protest which has been taking place in Dublin for over 24 hours is now drawing to a…

‘Minister sat on hands’: INHFA points finger for Dublin disruption

November 27, 2019

Agri Politics

The president of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) Colm O’Donnell has pointed the finger of blame at the Minister for…

Minister Creed to take questions in Dáil this morning

November 27, 2019

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, will take Parliamentary Questions (PQs) in the Dáil chamber at 10:30am this morning, Wednesday,…

City centre gridlock as tractor protest continues

November 27, 2019

Agri Politics

A number of “significant” road closures are in place in the south of Dublin city centre this morning, Wednesday, November 27, as a…

Protesters seek meeting with Minister Creed

November 26, 2019

Beef

A cohort of the protesters in Dublin today are seeking a meeting with Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,…

Protest ‘indicates a very serious situation in rural Ireland’ – TD

November 26, 2019

Agri Politics

Today’s tractor protest “indicates a very serious situation in rural Ireland”, according to independent TD Mattie McGrath. The Tipperary TD noted that today’s…

Video: Tractor protest convoys arrive in Merrion Square

November 26, 2019

Agri Politics

Additional reporting by Charles O’Donnell Tractors, trailers, 4X4s and machinery of all sorts that left farmyards across rural Ireland in the early hours of…