Met at the picket line on Kildare Street
The Minister for Agriculture has met with farmers at the picket line on Kildare Street.
Part of the city has been blocked off since yesterday after dozens of tractors were parked around St Stephens Green.
Farmers are furious with Minister Michael Creed after he stated in the Dail yesterday that death threats were made against management at C&D foods in Longford during the beef crisis protests.
Farmers say no such threats were made against the factory, which has yet to lift injunctions against two farmers that resulted from the beef crisis blockades.
Minister Creed told farmers he was trying to get the taskforce up and running.
"I'm acutely conscious of the fact that there are many issues that are an impediment to reconvening it," he said. "The injunctions are there and we are trying to work to get a solution to that. It's not easy because people have been threatened and that's not an easy thing."
