Comment Cara Augustenborg: Ignoring the reality of lab-grown meat could be a recipe for economic disasterIreland should follow the Netherlands, India and China by engaging proactively with this nascent market
Agriculture Irish food and drinks exports surge to a record €16.7bn in 2022The food industry recorded international export sales growth of more than 20 per cent last year due to soaring food commodity prices and strong global demand
EU import rules ‘not fit for purpose’, says British food industryPolicy advisor Peter Hardwick says fresh meat product regulations were designed for long-distance trade and should not apply to the North
Goodman acquires Linden Foods to become dominant beef processor in IrelandABP Food Group’s full takeover of the Northern Ireland-based supplier gives it control of a large section of the market across the island
Meat plants must close if schools stay open, ISAG saysDr Tomás Ryan of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group believes both classrooms and meat factories are contributing to spread of the virus and ‘something has to change’
Government probes meat factories and RTÉ on self-employed workersThe Department of Social Protection has been probing allegations of bogus contractors in meat plants and in the national broadcaster