The farmers’ group that demonstrated in Dublin this week and undertook a go-slow on part of the M50 last night have said that their actions have proven effective in highlighting the challenges facing the farming sector and...
The Tipperary man heading the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has pointed to two key issues that he believes will dominate the General Election from the viewpoint of farmers and the wider agri-sector.
The group calling themselves the Individual Farmers have said today that they still intend to travel to Dublin tomorrow to highlight the challenges they say are being faced by the agriculture sector and rural communities.
Farmers aligned with the Individual Farmers of Ireland are due to return to the streets of Dublin next week.
Following yesterday’s meeting of the Beef Market Taskforce, the grouping maintains that the talks failed...
IFA president-elect, Tipperary farmer Tim Cullinan has said his election gave him ‘a strong mandate from IFA members to sharpen up the organisation to deal with the many serious challenges facing farmers’.
As...
The farmers who took to the streets of Dublin earlier this week have said that the crisis they face ‘is very real’, with many families struggling financially in the lead-up to Christmas.
Beef Taskforce...
Farmers who have been demonstrating in Dublin have accused the Agriculture Minister of tarnishing the names of some through comments he made in the Dáil yesterday.
Minister Creed told the Dáil that death threats...
ABP has announced that 100 staff are to be
temporarily laid off at its plant in Cahir today.
The company says that the latest decision
has been made as a direct result of the continued presence...
Workers at the ABP meat processing plant in Cahir became the latest to be affected by the dispute over beef prices, with the factory announcing that 355 workers have been temporarily laid off.
The...
The Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed TD, has invited the Independent Farmers of Ireland group to take part in tomorrow's talks aimed at resolving the ongoing beef dispute.
The organisation that represents many farmers who...
