CAI and ICMSA launch milk campaign

The Consumers Association and the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association have launched a nationwide poster campaign.

It follows claims by both groups that the price of a litre of milk being sold in the country's supermarkets is now three times higher than the price being paid to dairy farmers.

ICMSA President Pat O'Rourke said that farmers receive 36 cent out of every euro spent on milk.

This estimate is based on official figures from the Central Statistics Office.