Members of the Irish Farmers Association have been protesting at Bord Bia's offices, calling for the removal of the food body's chairman, Larry Murrin. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins
The farming lobby’s targeting of Bord Bia and its chair Larry Murrin over beef imports is “very disappointing”, Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton has said.
The Fine Gael TD said protests by farm groups were “potentially very damaging” to the agri-food sector.
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and others, including Sinn Féin, have called for Murrin to step down from Bord Bia after it emerged his company Dawn Farms was importing small quantities of Brazilian beef.
While critics have said this repre
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