The Minister for Agriculture says the actions of farmers who disrupted this weeks beef taskforce meeting were "totally unacceptable." Clashes outside the Department of Agriculture on Monday saw protesters stop Meat Industry Ireland representatives from entering. Cormac Healy - from Meat Industry Ireland - insists they have been dropped. Michael Creed said the outstanding issues facing farmers will only be resolved through discussions. We did put together a beef market taskforce and it should be allowed to get up and running and do its work."

Source: Irish Examiner October 16, 2019 06:22 UTC