Last beef protests end amid warnings

All protests at beef plants around the country have now been stood down. Farmers at the last remaining picket at the Liffey Meats plant in Ballinasloe voted to end their protests at around 9pm last night.

It followed a weekend where pickets were stood down all over the country. More than 20 pickets had been taking place at meat processing plants right across the country for a number of weeks — bringing the industry to a virtual standstill