Around a thousand farmers are protesting outside Leinster House today over the Mercosur deal.
It comes as the Dail is debating a Sinn Fein motion calling for the EU agreement with South American countries to be rejected.
The deal would see 99 thousand tonnes of beef flood the market every year.
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It’s feared this will destroy the Irish beef industry but Tipperary FG election candidate Mary Julian Newman says this is not a certainty