Farmers From West Cork Vow To Keep Up Fight To Protect Livelihood
Farmers from West Cork have vowed to keep up the fight to protect their livelihoods.
Hundreds travelled to the capital yesterday and joined a 3,000 strong protest outside the Dail against the Mercosur Trade Deal
The Dáil will vote on a Sinn Féin motion calling for the agreement to be rejected today following a debate yesterday
Farmers say they have seen their incomes diminish over the years and are battered by the looming threat of Brexit and the dominance of meat factories in Ireland
Helen O'Sullivan is a beef farmer from Bantry, and she says farmers had no choice but to take to the streets in order to force the Government to sit up and listen to them
Speaking to RedFM News Helen says they will remain mobilised in order to fight to get a fair price for their beef
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