Brazil’s president’s sending in the army to fight the wildfires in the Amazon after growing international pressure to take action.
Protests have been taking place across the country and in Europe.
The IFA’s calling for an immediate ban on Brazilian beef being imported into Europe.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and other European countries had earlier threatened to block the Mercorsur trade deal unless action was taken.
Sligo Leitrim General election candidate and local senator Frank Feighan has echoed the comments of his party leader.
