Co-op umbrella group ICOS says the meat factories and large retail multiples have usurped free trade in the way they apply beef labelling regulations, a claim rejected by meat factory group Meat Industry Ireland.

A member of a horse-owning syndicate who says he paid €26,000 for a share in a stallion claims an attempt is being made to sell the animal well below what he believes it may be worth, the High Court has heard.

RESEARCH and development supports are the missing link in the chain to promote Irish food exports, claims the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society.

Dublin: The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society has appointed Ray Doyle as interim director general pending the appointment of a successor to John Tyrrell, who has retired from that role.

THE country’s €150 million live export trade could be lost due to new animal transport laws proposed by the European Commission, it was claimed yesterday.