Overview
- Bord Bia’s board approved an independent expert-led governance review, prompting the IFA to stand down its weeks-long protest and sit-in.
- Chair Larry Murrin remains in post but will not chair board meetings during the review, with another board member facilitating scheduled sessions.
- Five farmers occupied the agency’s lobby for 28 days alongside a 24-hour rolling demonstration outside that lasted 36 days.
- The dispute followed revelations that Murrin’s company, Dawn Farms, sourced a small contingency amount of Brazilian beef, which he defended before an Oireachtas committee.
- Minister Martin Heydon filed a Garda complaint over damage at his Newbridge office during an IFA protest and accused the group’s leadership of misleading members; the IFA acknowledged two damaged signs and said it would replace them.