Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie THE ASSOCIATION WHICH represents the meat processing sector has said operations have been brought to a halt at 12 plants by blockades.
The owners of a number of these plants have this week secured temporary High Court injunctions restraining the protesters from blockading their factories. Yesterday, counsel for the owner of three plants, Liffey Meats, claimed staff and suppliers had been intimidated and said jobs at the firm had been put at risk.
Today MII said the continued blockading of plants across the country has already forced companies into staff lay-offs.It said it is “extremely damaging” for the Irish beef sector that customers are being left without deliveries.