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THE community of Ratheniska came out in force to celebrate the festive official opening of the new walking track at the village GAA grounds.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has been warned that "history will be repeated" in the beef sector in the "absence of dialogue".
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 meeting to fill positions on seven “national subcommittees”. The statement also says that Minister...
The office of Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been sent a letter calling for the creation of an “independent meat regulator”. It was sent to the Taoiseach’s office by Dermot O’Brien, who is recognised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) as one of the Beef Plan Movement representatives on the Beef Market Taskforce (the other being Enda Fingleton). The letter argues that such a regulator should have statutory powers to investigate “anti-competitive behaviour by meat processors; meat traders; bodies associated with the trade of meat or meat by-products; and retai...