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With a Mercosur deal across the table after 24 years, the new government has its first farming headache.
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The Taoiseach says that the 'costs incurred/income forgone' model is seeing farmers walk away from schemes.
The Taoiseach says that Fine Gael are the party best placed to advance Irish farming's cause at European level, as he talks succession, CAP, nitrates, and simp0lifying schemes
The European Commission could split the content of an EU-Mercosur free trade deal to lessen the ability of its opponents to block it, MEP Michael McNamara said.
I was in the crowd as Simon Harris spoke to farmers at the IFA national council on Tuesday.
Responding to the outgoing Taoiseach's remarks, Deputy Carol Nolan said the remarks have “gone down like a lead balloon among farmers”.
The leaders of the three largest parties addressed the IFA's national council on Tuesday.
Simon Harris and Minister of State Martin Heydon were speaking to farmers at an Irish Farmers Association national council on Tuesday.
IFA farm business chair Bill O’Keeffe said the IFA was keen to ensure that agricultural relief was targeted towards genuine farmers.
An Taoiseach Simon Harris said at the IFA's Farming for Food conference at the Curragh on Thursday that the Mercosur deal would not be good for Irish farmers.
