Agri Week 0910 2020
On this week’s edition of Agri Week: The Founder of Ireland’s future, reacts with fury to a recent article in ‘Irish Examiner” by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan. The article states that…
Mercosur trade deal ‘on ice’
The Mercosur trade deal between the EU and four South American countries is effectively on ice according to Sinn Féin’s Chris MacManus. It follows an amendment passed in the European Parliament this week. Opposition to…
Rejection of Mescosur deal ‘good news for farmers,’ says Cullinan
IFA President Tim Cullinan has welcomed the results of a vote in the European Parliament that he says ’emphasises that the EU-Mercosur agreement cannot be ratified as it stands’. The vote — 345 to 295…
Political parties accused of reneging on forestry, national herd promises
The Ireland’s Future organisation has reacted with fury to a recent article in Irish Examiner newspaper by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan. The article states it is the intention of government to plant 30%…
Difficulty for councils in prosecuting illegal dumpers, despite having video evidence
It has emerged that there is a legal anomaly preventing county councils prosecuting those who dump rubbish illegally on farms. In a Dáil debate on defamation laws in Ireland, the Galway West TD Noel Grealish…
Vote this (Wed) evening in the Dail on penalty points system for fishermen
A Donegal TD has strongly criticised Fianna Fáil’s support for a penalty points system for those in the fishing industry. Donegal Sinn Fein TD Padraig McLochlainn will have a motion to annul the penalty points system…
Forestry Appeals must be fit for purpose
The Cabinet decision to amend the Agricultural Appeals Act must deliver efficiency in the forestry appeals system that makes it fit for purpose. That’s according to IFA Farm Forestry Chairman Vincent Nally. The…