Latest: The Irish Farmers' Association says protests will continue until there's a significant increase in the price of beef.

A farmer has been taken to hospital after being hit by a lorry at a protest at a beef factory in Co. Meath.

It reallly is the new political frontier. Richard Bruton, the minister who has responsibility for policy on climate change, was questioned by Labour’s Joan Burton this week on whether he had become a vegetarian or a vegan.

Having a beef producer group of 40,00 members was highlighted as a lever to lower input costs and put pricing pressure on factories, at the Beef Plan meeting in Kanturk.