Farmers protesting outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin in October. Image: RollingNews.ie Farmers protesting outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin in October. Image: RollingNews.ie THE GOVERNMENT’S BEEF Market Taskforce is due to hold its first meeting this morning.
The Taskforce was agreed to by beef farmers and organisations, and representatives of the beef processing sector in October following weeks of protests. Farmers had accepted the deal in exchange for the meat industry dropping all legal actions brought against protesting farmers who blockaded the gates of processing plants.
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