Last week was a tough one for the beef industry, with the UK lockdown and McDonald’s closures putting pressure on the market.

Some Irish meat processors in Northern Ireland also had to deal with walk-outs by staff who were not happy with their working conditions and protective clothing. South of the border, however, employee relations seem to be much better.

ABP workers in Clones, Co Monaghan, were each given a full topside of beef going out the gate on Friday evening.

I have two theories on this:

A: The place is full of beef that can’t be shifted, so it’s being offloaded to the workers, or

B: Larry saw what happened in ABP Lurgan last week and, rather than risk the same thing happening south of the border, he decided to load up the car boots with topside to keep everybody on side.

Which one it is, I just can’t decide.