Varadkar: 'Real risk the ongoing blockades are making a bad situation worse'

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned 90% of Irish beef farmers' income could be lost due to the ongoing meat factories stand-off, claiming foreign markets will simply switch to another producer if the blockades continue.

Mr Varadkar made the claim after another week of beef farmer protests, repeating his view that all farmers should agree to the deal signed off on by most farmers' groups last weekend for the sake of the wider industry.