By COLIN BARTLEY PROTESTERS in balaclavas have been seen amongst the farmers blockading a meat processing plant in county Kilkenny. Earlier today Dawn Meats said it contacted gardai after becoming aware of protestors wearing full-face masks or balaclavas outside their facility in Grannagh, South Kilkenny, in what it described as a ‘sinister development.’ The plant […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY shoppers are about to feels the effects of the beef crisis after a supermarket announced they are having difficulties sourcing Irish meat supplies. Aldi today announced they will be re-labelling some Irish beef as “processed in the UK” due to the ongoing crisis in the Irish beef industry. The German supermarket […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THREE-hundred workers were laid-off overnight at a meat processing plant in county Kilkenny as a result of the beef crisis. Dawn Meats in Grannagh, informed the 300 staff yesterday evening their jobs were being cut. Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the umbrella group representing the meat processors, says the latest lay-offs mean over […]
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 […]
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 […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THE creation of a new way of regulating the relationship between all stakeholders in the beef crisis could bring to an end the blockade of meat processing plants in Kilkenny. The Government, according to Junior Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan, is looking at ways of creating a body that will […]
By COLIN BARTLEY AN OVERTURNED lorry and flaming car caused traffic chaos around Kilkenny this morning. The incidents in Grannagh and Johnstown saw the emergency services closing down parts of the road for a time. In the first incident, a lorry overturned at a roundabout approaching the M9 in Grannagh, just before 10 am. The […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY farmers, unhappy with the outcome of beef crisis talks, have ignored a High Court ruling stopping them blockading meat factories. Up to 80 farmers contiune protesting outside two plants in Kilkenny this morning, the Dawn Meats facility at Grannagh and the Anglo-Beef Processors (ABP) Food Group plant at Ferrybank. Yesterday the […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THE owners of two Kilkenny meat plants have been granted High Court injunctions stopping beef farmers from picketing their factories. Dawn Meats and Anglo-Beef Processors (ABP) Food Group were successful in their application to the High-Court this afternoon for a temporary injunction restraining a number of named protesters from blockading their plants.
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. […]