Meat Industry Ireland spokesperson hopes it won't be necessary for gardaí to forcibly remove protestors

A spokesperson for Meat Industry Ireland has said that he hopes it will not be necessary for gardaí to forcibly remove protestors outside meat plants.

Cormac Healy told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that he hoped it did not come to that, but that the courts had indicated that the blockade was illegal and if the protestors did not leave then the authorities “will seek to allow meat processors through.”