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Kilkenny meat processors will not attend beef talks until blockades end

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE beef crisis looks set to rumble on as one of the main players in the dispute has refused to take part in talks aimed at resolving the pricing issues. Meat Industry Ireland (MII), who represent management of two plants in Kilkenny, Dawn Meats in Grannagh and ABP Foods in Ferrybank, confirmed […]

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Beef dispute talks set to resume Monday

By Kilkenny Now 5th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TALKS which could end the blockade of meat processing facilities in Kilkenny are set to resume next Monday. Agriculture Michael Creed confirmed this morning talks aimed at resolving the beef crisis between farmers and meat processors will resume next week. “It is clear that this can only happen if processors and protesters […]

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Picket suspended outside Kilkenny meat processing plant

By Kilkenny Now 10th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FARMERS who had been picketing a meat processing site in south Kilkenny over beef prices have called off their protest for the time being. Last night representatives of the Beef Plan Movement and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) accepted a proposal aimed at ending the blockades at meat processing plants across the country. […]

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Kilkenny TD accuses Agriculture Minister of hiding away from the escalating beef crisis

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LOCAL TD, and farmer, has put the welly into the Minister of Agriculture accusing him of hiding away from the issues at the centre of the beef crisis protests. Kilkenny’s Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward is calling on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to find a way of opening dialogue between all […]

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UPDATE: Protesting beef farmers threatened with legal action

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE MEAT processors have threatened the Beef Plan Movement with legal action to prevent the farmers inflicting what they call further damage to the Irish beef industry. Earlier today Dawn Meats laid-off 150 temporary workers at their plant in Grannagh in south Kilkenny in response to the ongoing Beef Plan Movement protests. […]

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150 workers laid-off in major escalation of beef crisis protests

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY Dawn Meats has laid-off 150 temporary workers at their facility in Grannagh, South Kilkenny as a result of on-going Beef Movement Plan protests. The protests started ten days ago with thousands of farmers picketing meat processing facilities around the country.  Protesters turned up at the Grannagh facility last Thursday. Since then, up […]