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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 […]

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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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Beef farmers demonstrate outside Kilkenny meat plant

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE NATIONWIDE protest over meat prices has come to a Kilkenny meat processing plant. The Beef Plan Movement brought their protest to the gates of Dawn Meats in Grannagh, Co. Kilkenny overnight. The protest plans to hit the wider agricultural industry financially by refusing to go to local co-ops; refusing to sell […]

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Belview Port in South Kilkenny linked to global shipping routes for first time

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY BELVIEW Port in South Kilkenny will be connected to global shipping trade routes for the first time as a result of a major new link-up with Dutch shipping line. Dutch based BG Freight Line will launch the Port of Waterford to Rotterdam, Holland trade route when it begins a weekly service next […]