Up to 2,000 food and drink industry jobs have been lost this year and thousands more are at risk, according to a representative body for the sector.
Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), which is part of employers' group Ibec, has called on the Government to reduce energy cost which it said are far higher here [...]
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith TD, continued to press for Community solidarity and support for the dairy sector during the current market difficulties. Speaking in Brussels at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers, he said, "The unprecedented situation that we are facing has put an enormous burden on the milk [...]
Leading a group of dairy farmers from all over Ireland in a protest/occupation of the EU Commission's offices in Dawson Street, the President of ICMSA, Jackie Cahill, said that the dairy policy being operated by the EU has actually reduced Europe's to producing milk below the cost of
production and left farmers with no income at [...]
