# Beef

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# Beef Injection

Irish beef is on sale in the US from today

Simon Coveney is gone to sell Irish beef in three cities in America.

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Feb 9th 2015, 9:40 AM

# serious beef

Comedian David O'Doherty engages in epic slagging battle on Twitter

Don’t cross this man.

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Jan 28th 2015, 8:24 PM

# Exports

Will Ireland get into China's multi-billion euro beef market? We'll find out soon

Chinese officials visited meat plants late last year. A report is now being compiled.

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Jan 18th 2015, 8:04 AM

# Twitter beef

Cub Swanson continues to blame Conor McGregor for everything that's gone wrong in his career

Don’t get bitter Cub, get better.

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Jan 14th 2015, 9:54 AM

# Squash the beef

Peace at last: beef farmers and meat plants bash out a deal

However, they’ve been told not to fix prices.

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Nov 13th 2014, 7:32 AM

# Squash the beef

Beef farmers to end 48-hour meat factory blockade

Farmers say that there is a €350 gap between prices paid for cattle here and in the UK.

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Nov 11th 2014, 8:13 AM

# news wrap

Today's top stories in 6 seconds

Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.

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Nov 10th 2014, 1:22 PM

# meaty issue

Explainer: What's the beef between farmers and meat factories?

In the latest development, farmers are holding a 48-hour protest at meat factories around the country.

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Nov 10th 2014, 8:50 AM

# not going home

Another 48 hours: Farmers dig-in for overnight meat factory protests

Thousands of farmers have been camped outside meat processing plants since 3pm this afternoon.

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Nov 9th 2014, 7:30 PM

# where's the beef

Thousands of Irish farmers will blockade meat factories for 48-hours

Farmers are calling for prices paid to them for beef to be increased to close the gap between Irish and UK prices.

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Nov 8th 2014, 9:49 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.

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Nov 8th 2014, 8:55 AM

# No Joy

The talks between farmers and factories have ended with no deal, what does this mean?

The IFA said it would stage a 48 protest from 3pm on Sunday if no deal was reached.

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Nov 7th 2014, 10:46 PM

# Let's talk

Farmers and processors agree to two weeks of talks to try to end the beef crisis

McDonald’s and Tesco, the two biggest buyers of Irish beef, attended discussions this evening for the first time.

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Oct 29th 2014, 9:28 PM

# Tullamore

Farmers protest outside Burger King over Irish beef prices

Farmers were protesting against the prices they get paid for beef.

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Sep 18th 2014, 10:22 PM

# they got beef

Beef farmers launch "blitz" at Tesco in Naas

They’re protesting new age limits on their products in British supermarkets.

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Aug 21st 2014, 5:37 PM

# beef prices

Irish farmers' anger at 'decimation' of income

A meeting in Navan organised by the Irish Farmers Association saw tempers flare over beef pricing.

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Aug 20th 2014, 3:03 PM

# Not Lovin' It

'Expired' beef and chicken supplied to McDonald's and KFC in China

Both immediately stopped using meat from the supplier once the revelations emerged.

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Jul 21st 2014, 11:54 AM

# Agriculture

Coveney: Irish beef will be on American shelves by autumn

Officials from the US agriculture department will first need to conclude audits on Irish farms.

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Jun 27th 2014, 10:04 PM

# wheres the beef

Simon Coveney is jetting off to the US to talk about beef

The minister has 16 meetings planned over the next four days with multinationals, potential investors and politicians.

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Jun 22nd 2014, 7:15 AM

# Steady On

Advice for beef farmers: Think twice before you squeeze...

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association said meat factories are giving the impression that young bull beef is not wanted but we need to make sure live exports are viable.

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May 27th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Irish Beef

Japan ends 12-year-ban and reopens its market to Irish beef

But all is not well in the beef sector, warns the ICSA.

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Dec 2nd 2013, 12:55 PM

# Beef

USA to loosen restrictions on imports of EU beef

The news has been welcomed by Simon Coveney, who said that the US will be a “very interesting market” for Ireland’s grass-fed beef.

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Nov 1st 2013, 8:32 PM

# Budget 2014

ICSA: No nasty surprises for farmers in the Budget

Coveney announced €195 million for the disadvantaged areas scheme but a cost benefit view has farmers on edge.

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Oct 15th 2013, 5:58 PM

# horse burgers

Two arrested in Britain over horsemeat scandal

Police said the men – whose nationalities were not revealed – were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.

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Aug 29th 2013, 9:50 PM

# Horsemeat

Coveney: Horsemeat scandal a result of bad management, not illegal management

In an interview with TheJournal.ie, Coveney said that his department has handed information to authorities in other countries and that he expects them to pursue prosecutions.

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Jul 18th 2013, 6:45 AM

# foodie

This is what the G8 leaders ate for dinner last night

Beef or salmon? (Kidding, kind of.)

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Jun 18th 2013, 6:47 AM

# Horsemeat

European Commission expected to publish horsemeat test results today

The results were to be submitted to the commission by yesterday, 15 April, and are expected to be published today.

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Apr 16th 2013, 8:31 AM

# Horsemeat

Irish firm among hundreds hit by new horsemeat scandal in the Netherlands

Earlier the Netherlands’ food safety agency said that a Dutch supplier may have distributed as much as 50,000 tonnes of contaminated beef to companies across Europe.

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Apr 10th 2013, 7:14 PM

# Horsemeat

ABP Food Group "bitterly disappointed" by Coveney horsemeat statement

Also today, QK Meats apologised for not contacting the Department of Agriculture about horsemeat found at its plant last year.

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Mar 15th 2013, 7:08 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you still happy to eat Irish beef?

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney says the horsemeat saga risks damaging Ireland’s food sector – but has it changed the amount of beef that you eat?

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Mar 15th 2013, 10:14 AM

# Beef

Beef 'at risk' as penalties for feeding steroids to cattle may be cut

An Taisce has called for a vote by the European Parliament Agricultural Committee scrapping penalties to be reversed.

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Mar 10th 2013, 5:44 PM

# Horsemeat

Tesco say their products are free from horsemeat

The supermarket giant say they will continue to carry out food tests “to ensure this issue never happens again”.

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Feb 22nd 2013, 3:15 PM

# Horsemeat

BirdsEye recalls beef products in UK and Ireland after horse DNA discovery

Tests revealed its chilli con carne product contained 2 per cent horse DNA.

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Feb 22nd 2013, 10:13 AM

# Horse Meat

Services company says Rangeland products tested positive for horse DNA

Rangeland says all products are now being DNA tested before release, after Compass Group says it found horse DNA samples in its products despite Rangeland’s assurances.

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Feb 15th 2013, 3:08 PM

# Horse Meat

Horse DNA found in products supplied by firm run by minister's brother

Greencore – run by Simon Coveney’s brother Patrick – says its beef was sourced from an ABP plant in Nenagh.

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Feb 14th 2013, 10:03 PM

# Horsemeat

Calls for DNA meat testing to become mandatory in the EU

It comes after the European Commission announced they would implement a three-month programme of random DNA testing on meat products.

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Feb 14th 2013, 5:39 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Feb 14th 2013, 4:51 PM

# Horsemeat

Senior British MP calls for EU meat ban

The head of the British parliament’s food affairs scrutiny panel has called for a ban on importing meat from EU countries until the horsemeat scandal is resolved.

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Feb 10th 2013, 12:57 PM

# Horsemeat

Horsemeat contamination likely 'not accidental': Findus UK

Findus UK says it is taking legal advice after early results from its internal investigation “strongly suggest” that the presence of horsemeat in its frozen beef lasagne meals was “not accidental”.

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Feb 9th 2013, 5:38 PM

# Aldi

Aldi frozen bolognaise, lasagne dishes 'at least 30pc horse' - tests

The Food Safety Authority says tests on Aldi’s products are positive – and says not to eat them if you’ve got them.

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