Farmers in North West under severe pressure due to COVID-19
The livelihood of farmers across the North West are being put in severe jeopardy due to the Coronavirus. That’s according to Patrick Rooney the National Interim Chairman of the Beef Plan Movement. Supermac’s will close its 108 restaurants across Ireland from Thursday evening. It’s become the latest fast-food chain to…
McDonald’s closure to impact already struggling beef sector
The decision by fast food outlet McDonald’s to close all its Irish restaurants will have a massive impact on an already struggling beef sector. That’s according to the Chairman of the Leitrim Beef Plan Movement, Brendan Barry. McDonald’s is the biggest buyer of Irish beef, spending more than €160m on…
Beef plan movement hold their North West AGM’s and IFA hold annual dinner dance
The Beef plan movement’s in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will hold their respective AGM’s over the course of the weekend. Election of officers for positions on the county executives will take place at all three meetings. The Sligo AGM will take place tomorrow (Friday) at 8 p.m. in the Teeling…
IFA President says comments from Beef Plan Movement do not reflect the views of its members
The decision by local officials in the Beef Plan to express ‘regret’ that the IFA didn’t hold talks before staging protests at the distribution of some of main retailers in this County has been described as wrong. The President of the IFA has responded to recent comments made by the…
Beef Plan Movement not in support of IFA protests
The Beef Plan Movement says ‘it’s regrettable’ the IFA did not attempt to engage in talks before farmers held a protest by in Naas, Co. Kildare. On Thursday morning, farmers began a 12 hour protest outside of the Aldi warehouse blocking trucks from picking up deliveries. A further 12 hour…
Agriculture Minister ‘quick to criticise’ farmers according to Beef Plan Movement Leitrim Chair
The Minister for Agriculture is ‘quick to criticise farmers’ according to the Leitrim Chairperson of the Beef Plan Movement. Brendan Barry is making the comments following Minister Michael Creed saying that the actions of some farmers this week as ‘totally unacceptable.’ Clashes outside the Department of Agriculture on Monday saw…
Beef Plan Movement call on Minister Creed to ensure legal action dropped
The Sligo chairman of the Beef Plan Movement, Gerard Pilkington, says farmers in his group he has spoken to have not got any written confirmation that legal actions and threats against them by meat processors have been dropped. That’s despite Cormac Healy from the processors’ group Meat Industry Ireland insisting…