Environment
As part of the 'Better Farming for Water' campaign, Teagasc has appointed six catchment coordinators to lead a multi-actor approach
Tirlán and the Farming for Water - River Slaney Project partners have seen the pace of action on...
Tirlán suppliers in the Slaney catchment area could receive a minimum of €650 for taking positive water protection actions
Agri-Business
Tirlán has today launched a project aimed at enhancing the water quality of the River Slaney, which runs through Wexford, Carlow and Wicklow
Beef
Farmers have raised concerns over the approval of the ABP/Slaney deal which was given the green light to proceed on Friday.
Calls have been made to involve the Competition and Consumer Commission (CCPC) in Ireland in the investigation into the proposed ABP/Slaney Meats.
ABP and Fane Valley have said that more effective and better-resourced Slaney in Ireland is needed to compete on international markets.
'The threat to the beef sector from the proposed ABP/Slaney Foods tie-up cannot be overestimated and the contents of the recent report on the deal fully reflect that.'
The unfair market practises within the beef processing sector need to be challenged rather than strengthened, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said.
ABP Food Group is "confident" that the proposed deal with Slaney Foods, which will see ABP take a 50% stake in the company, will be approved in the coming months.
The proposed ABP/Slaney meats deal poses a risk of a substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in the State, an independent report commissioned by the IFA on the tie-up has found.
There has been little or no developments in the ABP tie-up with Slaney Meats in the last number of weeks.
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has said that he cannot get involved in the proposed tie-up between ABP and Slaney Foods.
Livestock farmers have real fears and concerns around the lack of competition and dominance in beef processing as well as rendering.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has not yet been notified of the proposed merger of ABP / Linden Foods.
The Minister Simon Coveney has said that the recently announced partnership between ABP and Slaney foods will be subject to competition law.
TDs consider the move by the ABP Food Group to acquire a 50% shareholding in Slaney Foods.
Concerns over the recently announced ABP-Slaney merger have been brought to the Competition Commission, by the ICSA.
