Legal

This is the inside story of . . . the Siege Of Lifford

For more than six months, a battle has raged inside and outside the courts over the future of a small slaughterhouse in Co Donegal

The Edenmore Farm Meats factory in Lifford, Co Donegal, has been silent since late 2016. Picture: Bryan Meade

Toxic debts linked to one business have led to allegations of threats of violence, jobs on the line, and the ongoing occupation of an abattoir that the state seems powerless to stop. But where will it end?

Edenmore Farm Meats is at the bloodiest end of an already bloody industry. Inside the walls of this small factory in Lifford, Co Donegal, cattle are destroyed, skinned, disembowelled and boned. Then they are sent to butchers around ...