Ireland

The Irish Farmers Association said the sector is fighting to survive

Easter and Ramadan were driving demand at Irish marts and factories, as in the UK

The competition will see butchers from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland compete against each other to be crowned as the winning nation

It comes less than a year after the Chinese market reopened to Irish beef in January, following a three-year closure due to a previous BSE case

Irish farmers have held protests against the changes

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Farmers could be asked to cull up to 200,000 cattle to meet Ireland's emissions target

Irish farms face an existential threat like no other, now the ‘emissions genie’ has been let out of the EU milk bottle, writes Bruce Jobson.