Beef farmers who say they are being treated like slaves on their own farms tell Tim Jackson they won’t back down from protesting, despite threats of an injunction. The farmers say that the prices they are getting for beef are less than the cost of raising the animal.
Farmers are mounting beef blockades at factories around the country until they get a better price for their livestock.
Danny-Healy Rae and other rural TDs say the EU beef deal with South America will “annihilate” beef farmers and is a “sell out” by a government which only cares about what happens in Dublin. Michael Collins TD said the politicians who supported the deal were acting against Irish farmers and called on Fianna Fáil to […]