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Is it time to lift the beef pickets?

Muckit

Could we get a vote going on this mods?

I'll nail my colurs to the mast and say a reluctant Yes at this stage.

Fair play to all farm organisations, individual.farmers and members of the public that supported the protests and those that fought on our behaves at the beef talks to hammer out a deal.

I think the increases to QA are welcome but base price quotes should be higher and not dip below a sustainable level.

If a deal was struck, it should be honoured and followed through on by us farmers, and in turn by the factories on their end of the deal.

Just my thoughts on things at the moment.

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boggerman1

A Liam minahan forgive the wrong spelling was on Tipp fm in past hour saying he was pulling away from the gates.but not sure if everyone was gone

Base price

boggerman1 wrote: »

A Liam minahan forgive the wrong spelling was on Tipp fm in past hour saying he was pulling away from the gates.but not sure if everyone was gone

Protest is suspended - https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/protest-in-nenagh-suspended-while-rathkeale-resumes-beef-kill/

Never wrestle with pigs

mahoney_j wrote: »

Hearing thru the grapevine that picket at abo nenagh is stood down or will be today anyone confirm ???.right thing to do if true

Ya it was last night afaik.

Good loser

wrangler wrote: »

Go to the beef plan facebook, there's more conspiracy theories than you could put in a hundred books, if even half of them were true I and all my fellow IFA officers would be multi multi millionaires,
You couldn't make it up.........Oh I forgot , some people are able to make it up

It's the Water Charges campaign all over again!

CloughCasey1

Good loser wrote: »

It's the Water Charges campaign all over again!

What? Explain what ya mean by that.

Good loser

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

What? Explain what ya mean by that.

Tendentious arguments, specious reasoning, conspiracy theories run riot.

A difference is that FF handed the WC protestors a victory.

CloughCasey1

Good loser wrote: »

Tendentious arguments, specious reasoning, conspiracy theories run riot.

A difference is that FF handed the WC protestors a victory.

The majority of WC protesters were the ones who don't pay for anything. We were working in a lot of council estates at the time and they held vigils outside the estates to make sure nobody would enter the estate. Placards saying we won't pay for water as we've paid for it already through our taxes!!! Taxes my hole...majority of them never lifted a finger in their lives. Knew a lot of contractors doing the meters. They were happy out working away on most estates but the ones they got the most flack from were the ones where the rest of society work to allow the people stay at home and do nothing. One lad even let a shotgun blast over the crews head. Nice of you to tar your fellow farmers with the same brush.

Gawddawggonnit

Good loser wrote: »

Tendentious arguments, specious reasoning, conspiracy theories run riot.

True.

Then again some could be accused of being sententious...lol.

listermint

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

The majority of WC protesters were the ones who don't pay for anything. We were working in a lot of council estates at the time and they held vigils outside the estates to make sure nobody would enter the estate. Placards saying we won't pay for water as we've paid for it already through our taxes!!! Taxes my hole...majority of them never lifted a finger in their lives. Knew a lot of contractors doing the meters. They were happy out working away on most estates but the ones they got the most flack from were the ones where the rest of society work to allow the people stay at home and do nothing. One lad even let a shotgun blast over the crews head. Nice of you to tar your fellow farmers with the same brush.

I was against the charges attended all the matches. Also I've been fully employed since I was 16 .

I unfortunately don't have time during he day to stop you lot or express my displeasure.

It's off topic here but water charges was a government fk up. It was badly managed. It was the wrong way around. Funding should have been given first to known leaks and also large projects both of which were fully known before metering started. Cart before the horse.

So dont go blaming voters and certainly not the handy out of so called non workers because the reality was alot different.

Bass Reeves

Good loser wrote: »

Tendentious arguments, specious reasoning, conspiracy theories run riot.

A difference is that FF handed the WC protestors a victory.

Water charges was aFG, Labour and Greens f@@kup. Yes FF handed them the victory because it did not want the shinners to blindside them. The Greens are to blame because they put the rightousness of green politics of wanting metering ahead the political reality that water charges would always be a hard sell. Labour bought into the whole green agenda and like FF with the shinners Labour did not want the Greens to blindside them. Phil Hogan did not want the unpopularity of it to follow him so he ducked it at cabinet level and FG bought into the metering fiasco.

The house hold charge was bought in in 2011/12 I think. The Irish public would have bought into anything then. It was first bough in as a flat 100 euro charge because there was time needed to sort valuations. Flat rate water charges should have come in the same time but Ken Hogan with Labour backing ducked it. The longer the metering fiasco went on and Board Usice costs escalated the harder it was to sell water charges.

This was not the only fiasco around that time Labour in it rush to protect what it taught was it electoral base refuse any cuts in mainline welfare. This was another fiasco instead of a 5-10 euro cut across the unemployed and old age pension there was targeted cut in area's like carers allowance.

TBH for what were very seasoned experienced politicans Labour lost the plot. At the time it had huge support from workers. But it political decision during that period let to its demise. However the water debacle was a political failure across the whole political system.

CloughCasey1

listermint wrote: »

I was against the charges attended all the matches. Also I've been fully employed since I was 16 .

I unfortunately don't have time during he day to stop you lot or express my displeasure.

It's off topic here but water charges was a government fk up. It was badly managed. It was the wrong way around. Funding should have been given first to known leaks and also large projects both of which were fully known before metering started. Cart before the horse.

So dont go blaming voters and certainly not the handy out of so called non workers because the reality was alot different.

Fair play to ya. We have always had to pay for water out in the sticks. Tis fine when it doesn't effect inside the 50km zone, then it doesn't count!!!

jaymla627

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Fair play to ya. We have always had to pay for water out in the sticks. Tis fine when it doesn't effect inside the 50km zone then it doesn't count!!!

Village water main blew here in one of our fields a month back, asbestos piping is what’s carrying it, that and lead piping is what most of the general population is drinking water from not a second thought from the general public the health effects of it, I’d rather pay for water then use the above

Muckit

Is Kepak Athleague Protest still ongoing can anyone confirm?

Muckit

To qualify for 30mths, does animal have to be killed the day before 30mth birthday?

Are they over if killed on the morning of their 30mth bday?

Panch18

Muckit wrote: »

To qualify for 30mths, does animal have to be killed the day before 30mth birthday?

Are they over if killed on the morning of their 30mth bday?

Yeah that would be their 31st birthday

Have been caught a couple of times on that

morphy87

Panch18 wrote: »

Yeah that would be their 31st birthday

Have been caught a couple of times on that

Did you get away any cattle in the last few days? Was talking to my agent Thursday night wouldn’t give me an answer when he could take them he said we will keep in touch even though his factory is back since Thursday night, I noticed the mart numbers are small enough are men that have stores to sell waiting for lads to offload some factory cattle before they start selling? I know the weather and plenty grass around is probably some of the reason too

Cavanjack

Muckit wrote: »

To qualify for 30mths, does animal have to be killed the day before 30mth birthday?

Are they over if killed on the morning of their 30mth bday?

No if you kill the day of their 30 month birthday you are ok. Never an issue here anyway. Killed an odd one a day or two after and got them in as 30 months. Same with 36 months. Suppose it depends on factory.

whelan2

Was talking to a factory agent for dawn meats in Slane. They still aren't killing there. Workers arguing over terms and conditions.

CloughCasey1

whelan2 wrote: »

Was talking to a factory agent for dawn meats in Slane. They still aren't killing there. Workers arguing over terms and conditions.

Next thing they will go on strike!

Cran

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Next thing they will go on strike!

You wouldn’t blame them way factories treated them

kk.man

Panch18 wrote: »

Muckit wrote: »

To qualify for 30mths, does animal have to be killed the day before 30mth birthday?

Are they over if killed on the morning of their 30mth bday?

Yeah that would be their 31st birthday

Have been caught a couple of times on that

So have I been caught but I think if an animal is not fit then their not fit in that time frame. Much prefer to kill a beast at 31 months than kill it at 30 months fat score 2.

Muckit

Beef picket appears to be stood down in Athleague

L1985

Cran wrote: »

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Next thing they will go on strike!

You wouldn’t blame them way factories treated them

Dawn grannagh got the workers in last Monday knowing that the kill wouldn’t go ahead and let the workers clock in. Then they sent them home and any workers that clicked in couldn’t sign on.... completely callous and showed the contempt they had for them.

Bass Reeves

L1985 wrote: »

Cran wrote: »

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Next thing they will go on strike!

You wouldn’t blame them way factories treated them

Dawn grannagh got the workers in last Monday knowing that the kill wouldn’t go ahead and let the workers clock in. Then they sent them home and any workers that clicked in couldn’t sign on.... completely callous and showed the contempt they had for them.

They will have to pay them

listermint

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Fair play to ya. We have always had to pay for water out in the sticks. Tis fine when it doesn't effect inside the 50km zone, then it doesn't count!!!

Let's just clarify something , it might put your head in a spin.

I was at all the matches because I think it's the government's job to provide basic water for sanitisation and obviously to drink. We need it or die within days.

I lived in Dublin at the time.

I now live in Wicklow, where I have my own well and own water system which I have to pay for parts and service and filters.

I still think water charges are wrong and would march again.

Now I know that might make your head go delirious but water should be provided for by our government it's a requirement of life. Write that on a bus there for yourself.

Anyway it's off topic. But I wanted to correct your the narrative you are propagating on the water charges opposition.

Base price

According to this article in Agriland there are nine plants still blockaded https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/beef-plan-repeats-call-for-an-end-to-protests-so-agreement-can-be-considered/

Good loser

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

The majority of WC protesters were the ones who don't pay for anything. We were working in a lot of council estates at the time and they held vigils outside the estates to make sure nobody would enter the estate. Placards saying we won't pay for water as we've paid for it already through our taxes!!! Taxes my hole...majority of them never lifted a finger in their lives. Knew a lot of contractors doing the meters. They were happy out working away on most estates but the ones they got the most flack from were the ones where the rest of society work to allow the people stay at home and do nothing. One lad even let a shotgun blast over the crews head. Nice of you to tar your fellow farmers with the same brush.

You seem to misunderstand the point I was making. I am/was in favour of water charges.

Just making the point that the nature of the arguments against the water charges was the same as those in favour of the blockades.
Full of holes.

Good loser

listermint wrote: »

Let's just clarify something , it might put your head in a spin.

I was at all the matches because I think it's the government's job to provide basic water for sanitisation and obviously to drink. We need it or die within days.

I lived in Dublin at the time.

I now live in Wicklow, where I have my own well and own water system which I have to pay for parts and service and filters.

I still think water charges are wrong and would march again.

Now I know that might make your head go delirious but water should be provided for by our government it's a requirement of life. Write that on a bus there for yourself.

Anyway it's off topic. But I wanted to correct your the narrative you are propagating on the water charges opposition.

The arguments against Water Charges are/were specious, tendentious and laced with absurd conspiracy theories.

Did you never hear about the constitutional provision, about treating all the people of the nation equally?

CloughCasey1

listermint wrote: »

Let's just clarify something , it might put your head in a spin.

I was at all the matches because I think it's the government's job to provide basic water for sanitisation and obviously to drink. We need it or die within days.

I lived in Dublin at the time.

I now live in Wicklow, where I have my own well and own water system which I have to pay for parts and service and filters.

I still think water charges are wrong and would march again.

Now I know that might make your head go delirious but water should be provided for by our government it's a requirement of life. Write that on a bus there for yourself.

Anyway it's off topic. But I wanted to correct your the narrative you are propagating on the water charges opposition.

I couldn't give 2 fecks whether you marched or not. It was the comparison to the majority of hard working farming grafters to the spongers (not your good self) that were the majority protesting on the water charges which were mainly lefty liberal socialist sh1tes that would swallow a shovel before they'd use it.

CloughCasey1

Good loser wrote: »

You seem to misunderstand the point I was making. I am/was in favour of water charges.

Just making the point that the nature of the arguments against the water charges was the same as those in favour of the blockades.
Full of holes.

I did alright