A huge crowd of local farmers attended a meeting to discuss the ongoing IFA protest in Co. Cavan last night.
Farmers attended the meeting in solidarity with the "Bord Bia 5" who have been protesting inside Bord Bia buildings for almost a month.
Farming organisations, along with opposition TDs and several County Councils, are calling for Larry Murrin to step down from his role as Bord Bia chair.
Local farmers Richard Moran from Mountnugent, and Patrick McCormack from Monaghan are currently protesting inside of Bord Bia.
Owen Brodie, the IFA's Co. Cavan chair spoke at the protest last night.
He told Northern Sound that farmers are annoyed that nobody seems to be listening to them, including the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon.
Mr. Brodie explained the next steps for the protest.
He said: "IFA is a democratic organisation. We have people managing the national plan. The meeting before in Athy decided to protest outside the Minister's office in Newbridge on Saturday. We are keeping the protest going in Dublin. The five are determined to stay the course inside.
"A lot of people want to suspend Bord Bia audits, to block up Dublin with tractors. We have to be pragmatic about this, we don't want Bord Bia to not work for us, we want it to work better for us, so we have to try and build dialogue," he added.
Co. Cavan farmer, Breifne O'Brien is Agriland's Beef Specialist.
He attended last night's protest, and highlighted the impact it is having on other industry issues.
Breifne told Northern Sound: "A lot of people are saying that the IFA have expended a lot of their political clout on this protest. Its also important to remember that since this protest has began, we have had confirmation of bluetongue in Ireland.
"Even in the Northern Sound region where the trade of breeding cattle cannot take place between the Republic and Northern Ireland at the moment. Irish beef prices have stagnated, Irish beef prices have fallen below the EU average, which is unusual at this time of the year," he added.
