Threat of further beef price protests

Further blockades of meat processing factories could be on the cards if farmers do not see an increase in the price being paid for their animals.

Sources in the industry say farmers are still very unhappy Wednesday’s Beef Forum did not address the claimed €350 difference between the price per carcass being paid to farmers in Britain, Ireland’s biggest market, and the price being paid here.

Yesterday, the executive council of the IFA met in Dublin to consider the outcome of the nine-hour long Beef Forum.