Seanad row erupts over claim Brazilian beef used in school meals

Senators accuse Ciaran Mullooly of 'scaremongering' and demand he withdraw his remarks

Ciaran Mullooly: 'It is not scaremongering, I absolutely refute any suggestion that it is.' File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A row has broken out in the Seanad after an Irish MEP claimed that Brazilian and UK beef was being used in school meals.

Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly was part of a delegation of Midlands-North West MEPs addressing the Upper House on Wednesday.