Farmers are due to get a higher price for their beef, following two protests on the issue.

Today’s protest by farmers outside a Lidl distribution centre has been slammed as “a completely unjustified stunt”.

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

Retailer Aldi has said it is “extremely disappointed” that farmers have protested at its distribution centre in Co Kildare - but demonstrators have warned the picket is the first of many to come.

Meat Industry Ireland says there are “green shoots” in the beef market, and these should hopefully feed through in terms of positive price developments soon.

Paying three times for a single asset is “unethical, unconstitutional and unfair," Independent TD, Denis Naughten, told a meeting of the Oireachtas health committee when it discussed what farm families wanted in the new Fair Deal Scheme.

A strategy to empower and encourage more women and younger farmers to get involved in the Irish Farmers Association was launched today.

Concerns are being raised that legal threats still hang over farmers as the Beef Market Taskforce prepares for its inaugural meeting today.

The average dairy farmer can expect to pay as much as €600 extra per annum for contractors, within ten years, after the Budget brought a 1.6% carbon tax increase in agri-diesel charges, which is expected to be repeated every year for the next ten years.

IFA president Joe Healy said the risk of US tariffs was already priced into international dairy market trends.

Three candidates have been nominated to run for the position of president of the Irish Farmers' Association.

Blockades are continuing at meat factories across the country despite pleas from processors and farming bodies for the demonstrations to end to allow beef production to resume.

Irish and British farmers are united in their desire to avoid a ‘no deal’ Brexit and a hard border in Ireland.

Ireland’s reputation is important in the global beef industry, but the industry is now at tipping point, he said.

Farmers will see an immediate increase in the price they receive for their cattle following a deal with meat producers.

The race to succeed Joe Healy as the next president of the IFA has opened up after Munster regional chairman John Coughlan announced his intention to run for the office in this year’s election.

All sides in the beef dispute have been invited to the table for talks this evening.

The president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Joe Healy has called on Meat Industry Ireland to "get down off their high horse" and return to talks.

Meat Industry Ireland is claiming that thousands of staff have been temporarily laid off at meat processing plants as the beef price dispute rumbles on.

Farmer's group, Beef Plan Movement says the "peaceful protests" will begin over the coming days, with stores such as Tesco, Dunnes and SuperValue among those likely to be picketed.

The Irish Farmers Association President says he's "hopeful" fresh talks aimed at resolving the beef dispute will end the crisis.

Today, a man was arrested at a protest outside a meat processing plant in County Cavan, while another protestor was taken from the scene at Liffey Meats in Ballyjamesduff in an ambulance.

Every farmer has a right to peacefully protest, Mr Healy, told RTÉ radio’s News at One.

Farmers are continuing to protest outside meat factories today despite High Court actions.

The Government has been urged to directly intervene in the beef price crisis amid escalating court actions and wildcat protests outside processing facilities around the country.

With some protesters continuing to defy court injunctions some processors sought to obtain attachment and committal orders that could lead to farmers involved in protest action being arrested.

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has contracted a leading economist to determine what happens between the time beef leaves the farmer and when the consumer buys it.

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has contracted a leading economist to determine what happens between the time beef leaves the farmer and the time the consumer buys it.

Latest: Attempts to reconvene talks on the beef crisis would be a waste of time if the issue of pricing is not addressed, according to the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

Irish Farmer’s Association President Joe Healy said beef farmers will be disappointed that the talks concluded without an increase in prices.

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said progress was made on important initiatives aimed at improving transparency along the supply chain, and improving communication between industry and farmers.

Talks aimed at resolving the impasse between farmers and beef producers were continuing late last night.

Beef Plan Movement delivers 13-point proposal as discussions on resolving price dispute get under way

The President of the Irish Farmer's Association wants retailers to attend today's talks which aim to resolve the ongoing beef dispute.

Despite stepping back from protest flash points, there is little sense that the Beef Plan Movement is losing its appetite for the pickets that have hit meat production plants across the country over the past two weeks.

Irish farmers are doing more for climate change than other countries, the head of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has said.

The President of the Irish Farmers Association is calling for an immediate solution to the row that has led to more than a hundred job-losses.

The deal will allow the States to sell a lot more beef to the European market.

Labour and skills shortages in the agri-food sector are to be eased by the approval of permits for workers coming from outside the European Economic Area.

A progressive budget that supports farmers to develop sustainably was sought yesterday by the Irish Farmers’ Association.

A continued reduction of the suckler herd would make an important and cost-effective contribution to greenhouse gas mitigation in the agricultural sector, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council’s annual review.

The Irish Farmers' Association is calling on the government to set up a Brexit fund for farmers.

The European Commission has been urged by Irish Farmers Association president Joe Healy to act urgently on the beef crisis.

Excluding beef cattle from dairy farmers in the Brexit beef scheme was wrong and should be changed immediately, the Irish Farmers Association insisted yesterday.