Minister tells Dáil he and Minister for Justice told directly about threats to beef-plant managers

Processors say 6,000 people temporarily laid off due to blockades

If the Irish beef industry is to fight off competition from Brazil, it has to be more credible in its claims to the moral high ground

Two of businessman’s companies with more than €700m in assets change residency

Former accountant has worked for parent company ABP since 2004

Business Week: Big news for several Irish businessmen; mortgage woes; and housing

Research Lives: Dr Jenny Lawler, head of the Membrane and Environmental Technologies Group and assistant professor at DCU school of biotechnology

JD.com has 302m active users and Goodman family has courted the Chinese market for years

Larry Goodman-owned company launches new meat-free brand called Equals

Irish companies successfully doing business in China are happy to share their expertise with those hoping to enter the hugely lucrative market

Irish companies of all sizes, and across a variety of sectors, are already succeeding in China. We catch up with four to find out about their activities there

‘Lab meat’ will sit ‘somewhere between low-cost hamburgers and high-end cuts’

Energy-positive system aimed at food and drink and municipal water sectors

Company’s premium beef cuts to be made available to consumers via JD.com

Company has had a presence in Scotland since 1982 and acquired the facility in 1997

Beef imported to China expected to grow by 76% in coming decade

Tipperary-based Good Herdsmen has been working in partnership with ABP since 2010

Goodman-owned group’s facility to produce enough energy to power 12,000 homes

Innovation awards finalist NVP Energy: taking wastewater from production lines and turning it into an energy source

Agritech firm expanding from poultry manure as energy source into municipal sludge