IFA to stage sugar protest

AN urgent SOS message will be issued to the European Union and the Government at a public protest in Mallow, Co Cork, tomorrow afternoon - ‘Save Our Sugar’.

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has organised the rally to highlight the serious threat posed to the future of sugar processing and beet growing in Ireland.

Negotiations on radical proposals to reform the sector across the EU will take place over three days in Brussels next week.