A chara, - The court's imposition of a £500,000 fine on the IFA for each day the injunction to remove their picket of meat plants is ignored is quite simply flagrantly unfair treatment of a sector which has already suffered enough at the hands of both meat processors and retail outlets.
Yet, if the farmer bears the brunt of low meat prices, the consumer does not reap the benefit. One example: the very small additional payments made to the farmer for production of organic beef versus the very significant added charge to the consumer for the organic product. - Is mise,
Louise Delaney, Dargle Rd, Bray, Co Wicklow.