Irish beef exports to China were suspended after mad cow disease was detected in one cow in November

Chinese authorities will decide when exports can resume

Beef shipments to China were suspended in May 2020 after a case of atypical BSE was confirmed.

Long traffic jams are being experienced on the Macroom road in Bandon as farmers are holding a protest outside ABP factory in Bandon in an effort to send a message to the company, and to the Government, that beef farmers are in trouble.