Doubts remain over beef industry’s ability to deliver on rationalisation

REPORTS that the Government, through the intervention of Enterprise Ireland, is endeavouring to bang heads together to get rationalisation in the beef sector has been the source of bemusement and concern to many involved with the sector.

Those close to the latest efforts who are trying to get the industry to take a hard look at itself in order to and radically cut capacity are far from convinced that the sector has the willingness to deliver on such a programme.

Such is the nature of the business that has 42 EU-approved plants operating in Ireland at this point.