date:Jul 15, 2014
ts from Russian vets to 12 food processing facilities in Ireland.
The move by the Russian authorities came as a major blow to the farming industry.
Russia has become one of Ireland's more important trade partners outside of the EU and US. Farmers exported around 90m worth of meat products last year including offal.
While there was initial concern that the ban was linked to Ireland's support for EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, the Russian embassy in Dublin insisted that