Hundreds attend anti-GM foods protest outside Dail
Unison, February 22nd 2006

Hundreds of people have mounted a demonstration outside the Dail today to protest against plans to plant genetically modified potatoes in Co Meath.
The German chemical firm BASF has applied for permission to plant a crop of blight-resistant GM potatoes as part of a five-year experiment at a Teagasc research centre in Summerhill
Politicians from across the political divide were in attendance at today's protest, along with farmers, consumers groups and green campaigners.
Eddie Punch from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association said he and his colleagues were taking part because they believed Ireland should be able to market its food as natural and GM-free.
"If we go down the GM road, we will compromise irrevocably our ability to sell to premium European markets [and] to the maximum number of consumers," he said.

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