Lawyers: China meat deal threatened by protest

A multimillion-euro meat deal with China is under threat because of farmer protests outside processing plants, it has been claimed. The owners of up to a dozen meat plants have been granted temporary High Court injunctions restraining protesters from blockading their factories.

Lyndon MacCann SC, counsel for Dawn Meats, and Brian O’Moore SC, for Anglo Beef Processors (ABP), told Mr Justice Senan Allen that the actions of threatening and abusive protestors could jeopardise a multimillion-euro meat deal with China.