Two meat processors, ABP and Dawn, were granted temporary High Court injunctions yesterday prohibiting blockades by beef farmers, whilst the Beef Plan Movement has threatened expulsion for any members who protest at meat factory gates
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said he supports the decision of some beef farmers to re-commence protests outside processing plants and factories.
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.
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 […]