The president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Francie Gorman has said that the review by Governance Ireland did not consider the issues that caused the dispute between the association and Bord Bia.
The review does not recommend that Murrin step down from his position of chair of the State agency.
The IFA launched its weeks-long protest in January after it was revealed that Murrin’s company, Dawn Farm Foods, had imported an amount of Brazilian beef in 2025.
Gorman has now said he has sought an “urgent meeting” with the Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon to discuss the Bord Bia governance review.
He was speaking after he and other Bord Bia board members were briefed on the outcome of the review on Friday afternoon.
'Significant change’
“There are number of very important recommendations in this review, which are a clear acknowledgment that significant change is needed,” the IFA president said.
“However, the report did not deal with a number of wider issues as they were deemed to be outside the scope of the governance review. This is acknowledged in the review itself.
“Only board members and senior Bord Bia senior staff were interviewed for the review. It only looked at structures and certain practices – it did not consider the issues that caused this dispute.
“There are a number of matters arising from the report and others that are not dealt with in the report that I want to discuss directly with the minister and I have sought an urgent meeting with him,” he said.
Gorman added that the IFA will be studying the report in great detail and he will be discussing it with his national officers and national council before they give a more comprehensive response to it.
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