IFA stages commission sit-in at beef report delay

A SIT-IN protest by members of the Irish Farmers Association was continuing at the European Commission offices in Dublin late last night.

About 30 farmers, who began their action during the early afternoon, demanded the immediate release of a European Union report on Brazilian beef which they claimed has been withheld for the last six months.

The European Commission said in a statement that it regretted what it described as the invasion of its public information centre in Dublin by a group of protesting farmers.