>There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the Murrins or their company.
Buried right at the end, as is typical for a Ditch article.
Own-Discussion5527 on
Is that the same chairman invested in Brazilian beef companies who are importing into Ireland, and clearly coming into direct conflict with Board Bia’s mission statement?
Like seriously, how can the person who is in charge of the Irish organisation for promoting and selling our food products to be allowed to invest in Brazilian meat companies selling into Ireland, and in direct contradiction to the Board Bia mission statement?
I’m disappointed by the transparency of corruption in Ireland. Really makes us look simple to outsiders when we cant even set up an offshore account through 3rd parties and the like.
Complex_Hunter35 on
Reminds me of the Healy Ray contracts with the council
1reallyhatemondays on
This forum is gas, some posts complaining about highly priced meat and this complaining about cheap imported meat.
>“Don’t try and drag down a good organisation, deputy. Don’t try and drag it down, now. Let’s not go for this very populist, low-level activity.
>“Let’s not all go like herd instincts, jump everywhere and go after people wrongly and without proper perspective or understanding of the Irish food industry, which has been a good success story for Ireland over the last number of years and continues to be.
>“Bord Bia is one of the better State agencies and our food companies which are global, by the way, all over Europe and all over the world, let’s not undermine them just for the sake of chasing other people for votes and for popularity,” the Taoiseach said. Specifically on Bord Bia, the Taoiseach said the organisation has been performing “exceptionally well” in recent years, with the value of agri-food exports standing at €19bn last year.
>“It’s extraordinary, impressive outcomes and results on the export of food stuffs, including beef. We export beef and Irish food to 75 countries around the world. “I’m just back from China where I saw Bord Bia executives in Mandarin marketing Irish food very effectively and very efficiently,” he added.
I first saw this on RTE about two hours back (the defense), but it seems to have been taken down from their site entirely since, which an interesting choice. It should be worth seeing if they put it backup, how they word it, and if they include the full quotes if they do. [They have also changed the title of their (thus far) only article on this,](https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0121/1554291-bord-bia/) and have taken the editorial decision to entirely omit the head of state’s very blunt comments on the matter, while also framing it as something FFG are taking very seriously via a statement made by Agri Minister Martin Heydon yesterday.
cheeselouise00 on
Try it sometime
pippers87 on
So the company he works for has a contract with the state owned body who he is the chair of ?
If all procedures are in place and everything correctly invoiced then I don’t see a major issue with this.
Willing_Cause_7461 on
> There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the Murrins or their company
OK so…. nothing bad happened then? Thrilling reporting from The Ditch yet again.
Kul_Chee on
In IRELAND ??????
Never !!!!
Sure there’s no corruption here at alll at all
Storyboys on
“State agency Bord Bia last year paid more than €135,000 for “food costs” to a catering company directed by under-fire chairman Larry Murrin and owned by his wife.”
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His position looks more untenable by the minute!
>There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the Murrins or their company.
Buried right at the end, as is typical for a Ditch article.
Is that the same chairman invested in Brazilian beef companies who are importing into Ireland, and clearly coming into direct conflict with Board Bia’s mission statement?
https://preview.redd.it/vscqjidpiqeg1.png?width=1325&format=png&auto=webp&s=606883170b3b6c428d07911a6af976d74c1973e8
Like seriously, how can the person who is in charge of the Irish organisation for promoting and selling our food products to be allowed to invest in Brazilian meat companies selling into Ireland, and in direct contradiction to the Board Bia mission statement?
[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/01/21/sinn-fein-calls-on-bord-bia-chair-to-resign-over-firms-use-of-brazilian-beef/](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/01/21/sinn-fein-calls-on-bord-bia-chair-to-resign-over-firms-use-of-brazilian-beef/)
I’m disappointed by the transparency of corruption in Ireland. Really makes us look simple to outsiders when we cant even set up an offshore account through 3rd parties and the like.
Reminds me of the Healy Ray contracts with the council
This forum is gas, some posts complaining about highly priced meat and this complaining about cheap imported meat.
Let the consumer decide.
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[Micheal Martin has come out strongly in defense of him](https://www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/taoiseach-backs-murrin-amid-mounting-bord-bia-controversy-901504), referring to those who take issue with this (which I would imagine includes quite a few FF voters) as following “herd ~~insects~~ instincts”.
>“Don’t try and drag down a good organisation, deputy. Don’t try and drag it down, now. Let’s not go for this very populist, low-level activity.
>“Let’s not all go like herd instincts, jump everywhere and go after people wrongly and without proper perspective or understanding of the Irish food industry, which has been a good success story for Ireland over the last number of years and continues to be.
>“Bord Bia is one of the better State agencies and our food companies which are global, by the way, all over Europe and all over the world, let’s not undermine them just for the sake of chasing other people for votes and for popularity,” the Taoiseach said. Specifically on Bord Bia, the Taoiseach said the organisation has been performing “exceptionally well” in recent years, with the value of agri-food exports standing at €19bn last year.
>“It’s extraordinary, impressive outcomes and results on the export of food stuffs, including beef. We export beef and Irish food to 75 countries around the world. “I’m just back from China where I saw Bord Bia executives in Mandarin marketing Irish food very effectively and very efficiently,” he added.
I first saw this on RTE about two hours back (the defense), but it seems to have been taken down from their site entirely since, which an interesting choice. It should be worth seeing if they put it backup, how they word it, and if they include the full quotes if they do. [They have also changed the title of their (thus far) only article on this,](https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0121/1554291-bord-bia/) and have taken the editorial decision to entirely omit the head of state’s very blunt comments on the matter, while also framing it as something FFG are taking very seriously via a statement made by Agri Minister Martin Heydon yesterday.
Try it sometime
So the company he works for has a contract with the state owned body who he is the chair of ?
If all procedures are in place and everything correctly invoiced then I don’t see a major issue with this.
> There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the Murrins or their company
OK so…. nothing bad happened then? Thrilling reporting from The Ditch yet again.
In IRELAND ??????
Never !!!!
Sure there’s no corruption here at alll at all
“State agency Bord Bia last year paid more than €135,000 for “food costs” to a catering company directed by under-fire chairman Larry Murrin and owned by his wife.”