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Mercosur deal ratification all down to politics

Adam Woods takes a look at what happens next with the controversial Mercosur trade deal.

11 December 2024 MARKETS

Listen: is Mercosur a done deal or can it be stopped?

The Irish Farmers Journal team debates whether the Mercosur deal will forge ahead or be derailed - and we talk to Charlie McConalogue and Martin Heydon about politics at home and in Europe.

10 December 2024 NEWS
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Brussels protest: Mercosur a 'red-line issue' for government formation

Adam Woods reports from Brussels, where a flash protest on the Mercosur trade deal took place on Monday morning.

9 December 2024 NEWS
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Editorial: when the votes are counted

'When the votes are counted, those politicians that have thrown stones at each other will have to muddle together to come up with a coalition government'.

27 November 2024
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Running start: the women hoping to make a change

As gender quotas increase for next week’s general election, three candidates share their reasons for going forward for the Dáil, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

20 November 2024
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Rural Affairs: traditional canvassing the key to securing rural votes

Treading the highways and byways of rural Ireland, two canvassers speak of their approach to harnessing votes now that the General Election 2024 campaign is under way, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

13 November 2024
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€350/suckler cow among Fianna Fáil’s election promises to farmers

Fianna Fáil outlined that if it was returned to government, it would approve €300m over five years to expand the tillage sector.

11 November 2024 NEWS
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Swiss farms ‘at standstill’ on environmental progress

Environmental progress in Switzerland is not fast enough to catch up with the huge problems we have, a sociologist specialising in agroecology in Switzerland has said.

6 November 2024 NEWS
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General election: main coalition partners dominate farmer support

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil continue to gain the lion's share of support from the over 1,000 farmers surveyed in advance of the 2024 election.

6 November 2024 NEWS