Farm protest plans for Barosso visit

PLANS are going ahead for a protest over the threats posed to Irish farming and agri business by the world trade talks, when the European Commission president José Manuel Barroso visits Dublin next Thursday.

A national demonstration by farmers and the food industry, worried that European and Irish agriculture is being sold out in the Geneva negotiations, will be staged outside Dublin Castle where Mr Barroso is to address the Forum for Europe.

There will also be a three-hour food industry shutdown countrywide to highlight the threats posed to the agri sector if current proposals are adopted.