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The Beef Plan Movement -BPM - has questioned the role of the recent town hall meetings in reviewing the development of CAP in Ireland

A VERY “well organised and civilised” inaugural AGM of the Beef Plan Movement took place earlier this month. It was hosted online due to Covid-19 re...

Members of the Beef Plan Movement have held a vote to "rebrand" the group at a virtual meeting this evening (Saturday, May 15).

May 11, 2021 3:12 pm The co-founders of the Beef Plan Movement, Eamon Corley and Hugh Doyle, hosted a meeting last Thursday (May 6) which they described as an AGM for the organisation. As part of the almost 18 month-long Beef Plan Movement split, Corley, Doyle and a number of directors of the association have been seeking to have themselves recognised as an official farmer representative organisation. According to a statement on behalf of the co-founders, elections were held at last week’s me...

One side of the embattled Beef Plan Movement will hold a vote on “rebranding” the association under a new name at its upcoming AGM this summer.

Speaking to the Farming Independent Eoin Donnelly, a leading figure on the side of the association that is organising the AGM, confirmed the move which is also supported by the two Beef Plan Movement representatives that sit on the Beef Market Taskforce, Dermot O’Brien and Enda Fingleton. Mr Donnelly said: “At the AGM - which will be held on Saturday, May 15 – we will hold a vote regarding a permanent rebrand of ‘Beef Plan Movement’. “We will be putting it to members to ask them wh...

Farming Independent: “My belief is that it is a witch-hunt. I haven’t seen any grounds for an issue or any evidence produced of any wrongdoing. This has hampered the movement and is not doing beef farmers’ cause any good. “Huge sacrifices have been made by members of the organisation where travel expenses and time off work were not claimed. The vast majority of work was voluntary and the vast majority of money was put to good use.” Mr Corley said an agreement was reached to allow for ...

January 12, 2021 5:12 pm Following the revelation last week that the Companies Registration Office (CRO) was told two directors of the Beef Plan Movement had resigned – seemingly without the knowledge of those directors – the two individuals concerned have launched a formal complaint with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). On Friday (January 8),  AgriLand reported that documents submitted to the CRO in mid-December showed that Enda Fingleton and Alan O’Brien had...

In total, there are now four directors of the Beef Plan Movement company. \ Barry Cronin There has been a major shake-up of the directors of the Beef Plan Movement company in recent weeks. Documents recently filed with the companies office (CRO) show that Laois man Enda Fingleton and Kilkenny native Alan O’Brien have both resigned as directors of the farmer organisation in the run-up to Christmas. Both Fingleton and O’Brien had served just under two years as directors of the Beef Plan com...

“I have never signed any documentation either.” “I will be taking this further, I’ll be taking legal action,” he added. Enda Fingleton also insisted that he had not resigned or signed any documentation to that effect. He added that he had sought, on multiple occasions, directors’ meetings with Alan O’Brien, Hugh Doyle and Eamon Corley present, but this had not happened. “I have not signed any documentation about resigning,” he insisted. Company law Under Irish company law,...