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BEEF FARMERS HAVE descended on Tesco in Naas this evening in a “blitz” designed to send a message to British retailers.
The protest is to do with new age limits on their products that the Irish Farmers’ Association say are unfair.
Irish farmers are being hit by new restrictions by the multiples who are proposing that that the age limit of bull calf beef be reduced from 16 months to 14 months.
Farmers at this evening’s protests at the Tesco in Naas are planning to usurp the supermarket’s trolleys.
“I’m not sure whether or not they’re planning to put anything into the trolleys,” an IFA spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.
Irish farmers argue that the age restrictions would mean that grass could not be fed to the cattle, a method they say is crucial to the quality of Irish meat.
Although British farmers would also be under similar restrictions, British beef is of premium value on British shelves so Irish farmers argue that they can’t afford to take the hit to the same extent.
Tesco for its part has said that there have been no plans to change age restrictions on it’s beef and has no current plans to do so.
“Tesco is a significant supporter of Irish beef farmers; beef exports to Tesco internationally from the Republic of Ireland are c €177m per year, almost 14% of the total value of beef exports,” a statement read this evening.
Speaking at the protest, the IFA’s president Eddie Downey also warned Irish retailers that anger and frustration of farmers is at “boiling point” over reductions in retail and factory prices.
Downey says that livestock farmers’ incomes were down by 13% to 22% last year.
The IFA’s national livestock chairman Henry Burns said that the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has “stood back” in the midst of the “beef crisis”.
The IFA say that this evening’s action is planned to be the first of range of protests.
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truth hurts….2 ww wars and now the germans are taking apart every european economy using a single currency…watch enda and eamo come out in support of their glorious leader
Fine Gael have a long tradition of supporting germanys ambitions of domination.
If only he had omitted “,like Hitler,”, who could disagree?
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Angela Merkel = Large mean elk
Brillant ;)
Don’t insult poor elks…. what have they ever done to you ?
There taking over europe without a shot been fired.
It’s BEING!!!!! arrrgghhhh!
U wat m8???
Shane,
“They’re taking over europe without a shot being fired.”
There/They’re and been/being.
It annoys some people.
Sorry lads my bad ill hang my head in shame.
No shots being fired is the best way to “take over”.
Let’s hope they can put this reicht
You should have finished with “Heil get me coat”
Nazi that coming.
That’s not reich, nothing could be Führer from the truth
Clown!
That’s a clowns hat alright
The great European project has failed, one country, Germany, seems to be running the show. Countrys that fall into trouble are being humiliated and enslaved in austerity. They claim stability and solidarity but there is none. It all needs to be scrapped and start again. This was supposed to be a union of equal stays but its the same capitalist crap of the haves and have boys. I can understand that journalists comments as one of anger… The euro is dead
We’re not at war, that was the entire point and it’s working.
Would someone please give hitler a break!
Yet again the truth is stifled!!! The wording and expression may have been too much but the truth behind it stands..
She’s a Nazi piece of work alright
I would compare Merkel to thatcher more than any one else
same bracket though in my opinion
She’s like thatcher with attitude, It Looks like the Germans are going to replace the Brits in Europe as the most hated country.
its not the country i hate its the politics
break the worker like thatcher did
deregulate and privatise
she never liked the irish but that was personal but what she did to her own people was worse
her actions along with regan are why we are where we are today
Where is freedom of speech?? Germany and Merkal showing their true colours in their bullying of Cyprus
True, and hat opinion can be easily expressed without comparison to Hitler.
Does not sound like the writer was comparing her to Hitler directly rather some of what people consider german political and economic actions of recent times that seem only there to protect Germanys interests so why should she not use freedom of Expression?…. after all I clearly remember a senior german politician comparing the president of Poland to a potatoe several years ago. … double standards indeed
1943
Hitler / De Valera
2013
Merkel / Kenny
What’s changed apart from the names
Hairstyles
De Valera was his own man, a total dictator it’s true but he was nobodies lapdog
he kept this country in the dark ages for decades
agreed, seems he made an example that our current leaders are determined to follow
yes indeed same old civil war party politics shite, a country ruled since its inseption by the same type of people
the beggars may have changed places but the lash goes on
Gender?
This was for Hilary McDuff’s post which is miles above!!
Ability to comprehend history books/read?
You lot are all falling for Kenny & Cowen’s distraction tactics. Hint: when you sign your sovereignty away you cannot expect kid glove treatment.
No matter what anyone’s opinion is of the woman, to compare anyone to Hitler in any sense is truly appalling. Whatever about some of the ‘opinions’ people put on here (which frankly are disgusting sometimes) this was done in a national paper! And people applaud this was written! Some people need to take a good hard look at themselves on here!
There’s no mirror on the journal to take a long hard look at myself.
i took a good hard look at myself and ran away in terror
What about people like pol pot, Stalin, Milosovich or joey Barton?
There are people alive today who admire Hitler and would be delighted to be compared with their hero.
A good hard look will not change their views on their hero.
In fact, just like when the majority of Europeans were trying desperately to ignore what Hitler and his gang were getting up to, we should learn from the inaction and the naysayers who walked Europe into a major catastrophe.
@John Masterson .
the weapons are diffent – but the effect will be much the same – millions in povert or dead . Is any country keepina tab on the deats due to these robbery Programmes known as Austerity .??
All we hear is – unemployment figurs – and in case of Ireland it has stabilised – due to 70-80,000 leaving pa .
What about all acroos EU – how many have diied etc – and rember all this is only beginning . Lagarde has said it will go on for ten more years – in other words – she hasnt a clue . Cameron – much same 2018 . they have not the remotest intention of stopping this slaughter .
So comparing her with itler – man much admired by Churchill and JFK is not way off . Hitlers disaster was the Jewish slaughetr – but in many other resecst he wwas ok . He introduced the 40 hour week and paid overtime etc . Unfortunately he aslo introduced the gas chmambers ??.
Maybe the Troika should introduce gas chambers – and at least be honest about waht they are doing – ie killing/ destroying people .
@John, it is good to read some sensitive comment her, and scary to see how many thumbs down you got! (I’m probably going the same route, but oh we’ll …)
Some people need to review their history books before they support this rubbish comparison to release their anger.
Maybe they would see that Hitler came into power in a context of economic failure at home, and that he was pretty good at blaming other European countries for the ills at home; and using people’s anger to turn it into hater towards others.
I shall also say that Germany originally didn’t want to euro and that it was forced upon them in exchange for the EU to approve reunification with east Germany. I find it quite disturbing to hear it is an evil plan engineered by them to take over Europe …
Not making any judgement over Merkel’s policies here (and like most politicians she is focusing on her own interests), but I find it a bit scary how people can twist historical facts.
Hitler had more compassion than this right wing bitch. Thatcher has nothing on Mertle
Hitler had compassion! Tell that to the millions that he slaughtered!
You could argue that he did. Remember Hitler’s hatred of Jews didn’t spawn out of thin air. He was a soldier and watched a lot of men die for the sake of Germany, only to see politicians cop out and surrender. He saw the devastating effects the war and surrender had on the average person.
People blamed all the problems facing Germany on the Jewish community so you could argue that his sheer hatred for them was a sort of twisted revenge for the suffering they “caused”. There was a lot of literature published at the time regarding the evidence of Jewish involvement, which of course was circumstantial at best.
That sounds like compassion to me. A very misguided and twisted compassion but the intention seems to be there.
Jason , Hitler did not just kill Jews… He killed gypsies… homosexuals … disabled and anyone he thought inferior… Compassionate No … Twisted Yes!
Those who think Germany’s desire for European domination died with Hitler deserve to be invaded.
Our next currency, the Deutsche Mark…
Unlikely. Tin foil hats, 5 euros.
Clever photo used there
A graffiti artist with a black marker could have a bit of fun with that picture.
Funny enough nobody said a bad word few years ago when banks were happy to lend money (German banks money)to happy people who were very happy to spend it on holidays,properties abroad and to buy…well German cars.
plenty of people didnt borrow anything but they still have to repay the losses, amazing how easy it is for you to overlook this fact
True true…I still can’t see how it’s Germany’s fault.
It’s the responsibility of the lender to make sure they lend responsibly. I don’t hand out money to just anybody who asks when I have no idea if it’ll be repaid. German banks lent irresponsibly so they should take the hit.
Banks were trading between each other and using the loans repayable to create even more money on the books. This in turn allowed them to lend even more ridiculous sums out (125% mortgages as an example) and rake in even more profits. The problem was that this money didn’t actually exist. They used fictional IOU’s to increase the amount of money they could legally lend out. Seeing as this money didn’t exist yet, you had banks lending out more than they could safely do which caused the collapse.
How exactly is that the fault of someone who isn’t born yet who will still be paying for this? Or how is that the homeowners fault who took out a mortgage abiding by the rules the banks themselves laid out?
It’s a fractional reserve banking system. the actual money never exists in the kind of volume it’s leant out. Nothing new there. The structural problems with the system are in the international markets, not the banks.
The repackaging of bundled debts and selling on is fine, but when the seller is motivated to bet on those debts failing, and in a position to increase the risk of that happening (fluctuating interest rates) it becomes self fulfilling. As this system grew and became over leveraged, market confidence took a dive, and we had the large corporate failures.
The last 6 years of austerity is the product of balance sheet maintenance in the Int market companies still out there, JP Morgan, HSBC, Citi, BOA etc. yes technically banks, but not in the personal lending sense, their business is multi faceted. The only way this will change is if the markets are motivated by systematic net wealth increases, most things thy would lead to this have serious down sides such as oil industry like cartels. Continuing boom/bust cycle is the most likely outcome in my opinion, best personal solution, think before u get into debt.
why?
im just wondering why they retracted it? was it because they didnt want herr merkel to feel complimented?
Because it is libellous and the newspaper would have been taken to court.
Actually Jim. ..I have a big bollix…. can send you a pic of you need to see lol
Joder!
leaving aside the obvious blunder made by the Spanish newspaper vie a ve the Hitler “comment”, some of their comment may have merit. Germany is starting to become the school yard bully of Europe is seems to want to reshape Europe in its own image. we buy a lot of German products and their domestic economy is reliant on our buying power. should we decide to leave the euro suddenly German goods would be too expensive and we would be buying Chinese made goods instead. therefore they have an economic interest in keeping the euro going. although i might like to visit or even work in Germany at some stage i don’t want my country turned into the German model. the one size fits all mentality that the Germans seem to think works across Europe has clearly is not working. not to stereotype or anything but each country has its different ways of operating based in part on the national mood. the German mentality of hard work and frugal living lends itself very well to austere living. whilst i personally speaking i actually prefer that way of doing things it is crippling the heart and soul of other countries. the facts of the matter are this that no matter how much Germany want a Spanish person to act like a German person they cannot. by the same token trying to adapt multiple countries to the economic and fiscal polices of one country though the mechanisms of the central bank and the euro currency is impossible
Well there is some truth in what the article stated , we are in the midst of WWIII on this time its about money and natural resources and not murder but enslavement .
Lets be realistic here ,
Common denominator here , bad banking practices(ignored but europe ignored by politicans) ………..now its the ordinary people carrying the can , the extremely rich temain untouched……… And theres now a small group of face humans are absolutely creaming it
As a German I must say that the niveau of many countries when it comes to commenting on Germany is as low as poo and jew jokes! Germany is the driving force in a positive way in Europe!
how so?
Herr Stevie this is no jew joke and Germany drives Europe for its own benefit and if you cant see that then you are a true disciple.
@Gerry the way you responded proves my point! Grow up! Of course Germany is looking after it’s benefit the most (like everyone else in the world)! Do you know when Germany benefits the most? When Europe is running good! And that is what Germany is trying to do! But nay sayers like yourself are stopping the progress!
” Do you know when Germany benefits the most? When Europe is running good! ”
Actually, Germany is benefitting the most from the weaker euro as a result of Europe running bad due to a surge in exports.
Steve, the point is that if Germany are committed to the EU then it shouldn’t be looking after its own benefits the most. That goes completely against the whole point of the EU. The last time Germany did that we had a world war. And again the time before that. In this context the references to Nazi Germany are considerably justified.
If Germany wants to just only look after its own interests then it should leave the EU and leave the rest of us to pursue the original aims of the EU which is cooperation and integration to the benefit of EVERYBODY.
So Steve you think this is progress?the rest of Europe does not,maybe you should go back to the dm ,no star shines brighter than others on that flag,realize that or leave ,
Ahhh lord above talk about nutters on this site. Germany has no expansion ist plans. The german economy is sound if we were stable would we want to psy for other countries mistakes or ridk our own economy?
Simple its just self preservation and I dont blame her one bit. I do blame IRISH banks and IRISH politicians I dont blame Germany
The Germans worship common sense.
The Irish worship poets and writers.
I Think its more.
Germans worship Power and Control
Irish worship Peace & Quiet and Life
She’s a tough Woman and it’s a pity She’s not working for us.
Had She been in power the last shower of muppets would have had their arses kicked and the present muppets and liars would be still in opposition.
This story will put all the Godwin’s law quoter’s in a major spin.
Did you post that comment so you could show off that you knew about Godwin’s law?
lmao peasent………..
Did you Peasant
wtf is godwin
love it shay
The unwritten rule of internet arguments states that the first person to compare their adversary to the Nazis/Hitler loses. Should also apply to real world.
Hitler in knickers indeed.
The only difference between the Nazis and this shower is that the Nazis wore uniforms.
The British tabloidisation of Irish society is making great headway.
She’s soooo hot!
Wow. That’s some read. On the whole, a pretty fcuking shameful display of ignorance from a lot of people. Seriously, some growing up to be done, and some ass/head realignment needed
Hitler’s bitch
German, looks really mean, wants to control Europe, dunno, the guy who spilled a beer on her last year has never been seen again, they got a word for that in English, Lebensraum, sorry I mean Suspicious
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