The Beef Plan Movement potentially faces a multi-million-euro bill in damages demands from a meat processor seeking compensation for the costs of lost production during factory gate protests by farmers.
A man was arrested by gardaí at a farmer protest outside a meat plant in Co Cavan yesterday as tensions soared at pickets around the country.
Forestry planting this year is running 50pc behind target levels, despite the Government's insistence that expanding the total area under trees is a key element of its climate action strategy.
The Beef Plan Movement protest has cost meat processors tens of millions of euro in lost production, legal fees and other costs.
one of the recurring questions that is on people's minds in the midst of this beef crisis is: what are the alternatives? I'd be first to admit that there aren't any silver bullets. It's one of the reasons that suckler farmers persist with trying to make the best of a bad lot in beef.
Cereal output will top 2.1m tonnes and could hit 2.2m tonnes if the strong yields recorded in the winter wheat and spring barley crops are maintained right across the country.
With many factories blockaded again yesterday and supplies building in the system, are we in danger of seeing a tipping point being reached?
