Beef talks paused due to protestors

Tensions between beef farmers and meat processors continued today, when talks were abandoned amid angry scenes at the Department of Agriculture. A meeting of the Beef Task Force has been adjourned indefinitely after protestors prevented a delegation from Meat Industry Ireland, which represents processors, from entering Department buildings.

The taskforce was established to monitor the implementation of the agreement that last month brought protests at factory gates to an end after weeks of demonstrations. However, there is anger among some farmers that meat processing companies have yet to remove injunctions taken against some protestors.