Beef
The chairperson of Bord Bia has been called on to accept an invitation to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture.
Agri-Business
Minister Heydon has been called on to arrange a meeting between Bord Bia and farm organisations over the Larry Murrin controversy.
Agri Politics
A TD has said that agriculture 'cannot afford' the 'distraction' over the issue of the Bord Bia chair and his sourcing of beef from Brazil.
The 1% of beef sourced from Brazil by Dawn Farm Foods in 2025 "went to England, not Ireland" according to senior government sources.
Bord Bia has rescheduled key producer standards meetings until next month after farmer organisations withdrew over concerns about its chair.
A report for Minister Heydon from the Bord Bia board has said that there is "no legal or governance issue at play" over its chairperson.
ICMSA and ICSA are also calling on Minister Martin Heydon to make the decision to remove chair of the Bord Bia board, Larry Murrin.
Bord Bia is preparing a report for Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon following today's board meeting.
The INHFA has called for any future chair of the board of Bord Bia to be independent of the meat processing sector.
A TD has called for Minister Martin Heydon to intervene in the controversy over the Bord Bia chairperson's sourcing of beef from Brazil.
Minister Heydon has said that the chairperson of the board of Bord Bia, Larry Murrin, has "discharged his duties" in the role satisfactorily.
The ICMSA has called for a public register to be set up naming companies that buy beef from Brazil and other countries outside the EU.
IFA president Francie Gorman has said that he is "very concerned" over Dawn Farm Foods' statement that it sourced some beef from Brazil.
This week's Gulfood event, one of the largest food trade shows in the world, saw 21 Irish companies exhibiting on Bord Bia's Origin Green stands in Dubai.
Siobhán Talbot, Managing Director Glanbia and Dr Juergen Voegele, Agriculture Director with the World Bank in Washington are among the high-powered panel that will address ASA Conference.
