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Protestors are calling on the organisers of this weekend's Tullamore Show in Co Offaly, to withdraw its invitation to Agriculture Minister Michael Creed over an ongoing dispute over the price of beef paid to farmers.

The demand has come as 24-hour pickets continued at beef factories around the country in protest over prices paid to farmers.

The Beef Plan Movement says farmers receive just 20% of what a customer pays for beef, with the retailer and processor receiving 51% and 29%.

The organisation says prices paid to farmers are below their production costs, and have called on the minister...