The @beefplan are marching with a coffin and grim reaper pic.twitter.com/UfOMbILXpC

— Farmers Journal (@farmersjournal) May 9, 2019

Eamon Corley of the Beef Plan Movement says beef farmers are getting just €2/hr. #beefsummit pic.twitter.com/wUaAXnI06w

— Farmers Journal (@farmersjournal) May 9, 2019

The most worrying thing for me at last night’s #beefsummit was the section of the crowd that heckled any speaker mentioning #climatechange – as if you could shout down reality. I hoped we were beyond this, but it’s hard to see the big picture when you’re not making ends meet.

— Thomas Hubert 🐌 (@tom_hubert) May 10, 2019

Michael Creed “it is time for beef to fight back in the face of climate change and the environment. This fight back should not be in denial but to tackle the issue.” We need to promote that we are global leaders at producing beef and tell our story to avail of the best price. pic.twitter.com/38EC09n6yv

— FJ Beef (@FJBeef) May 9, 2019

Last night.

At the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

A reported 1,200 beef farmers from across Ireland gathered for a Beef Summit which was attended by the Minister for Agriculture and Cork Fine Gael TD Michael Creed (above).

The Irish Farmers Journal is reporting that Mr Creed told those gathered that demand for livestock-based products will be affected by public concerns about climate change, biodiversity, diet and health.

He added:

“I think it is time for the beef sector to fight back on these issues. Denial or retribution will not make the fight effective.

“It has to be about the positive story of Irish beef. That is a story of a very natural way of producing beef, on temperate grasslands punctuated by trees and hedgerows and peatlands. It is also a story about farm families, caring for the land in a way that takes account of Mother Nature.”

Meanwhile, also last night but back in Dublin…

Its official.Ireland becomes 2nd country in the world to declare a #ClimateEmergency & Dáil also agreed to endorse all the recommendations of the Oireachtas Climate Action Report .Definitely one of the highlights for me as a @greenparty_ie TD .My children are thrilled. pic.twitter.com/bcQhvYxvqx

— Catherine Martin TD (@cathmartingreen) May 9, 2019

Beef Summit: ‘It is time for the beef sector to fight back’ – Creed (Irish Farmers Journal)

Previously: Meeting Is Murder