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Beef protests escalate outside Kilkenny processing plant

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Today saw a major escalation of the protest outside a meat processing plant in Kilkenny. Up to 60 farmers supporting the Beef Plan Movement are protesting outside the gates of Dawn Meats in Grannagh, Co. Kilkenny today. The protesters were trying to prevent trucks from entering the facility on the banks of […]

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EU Commissioner – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan – hits back in bitter beef trade row

By Kilkenny Now 2nd July 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner, the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan, has come out battling after he was accused of betraying Irish farmers over the controversial trade deal with South America. Writing in today’s Irish Independent, Mr Hogan said beef farmers and lobby groups should remind themselves of the beneficial trade deals that they have benefited from. […]

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EU trade deal with South America could be ‘catastrophe’ for Kilkenny farmers: TD

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE proposed EU trade deal with South America could be “catastrophic” for local farmers, a Kilkenny TD has warned. Deputy Bobby Aylward spoke out after Irish farmers’ organisations expressed outrage over the announcement that negotiators from the European Union and the South American Mercosur trading block have agreed a trade deal that will “greatly damage […]

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‘Beef farmers are at their wits end’ – Kilkenny TD demands ‘urgent action’

By Kilkenny Now 29th March 2019 143

THE Government must take “urgent action” to safeguard the livelihoods of beef farmers, a Kilkenny TD has said. Deputy Bobby Aylward made the call as Fianna Fáil tabled a private member’ motion on the issue in the Dáil this week. The Kilkenny TD said: “While the Government regularly criticises the opposition for highlighting problems and […]