Agri-Business
ICSA calls for 'strong beef regulator' and winding down of Beef Taskforce
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) has called for the establishment of a ‘strong beef regulator’, and the...
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Agri Politics
IBLA: Negligible BSE risk 'paves way' for abolition of 30-month rule
Ireland receiving a negligible BSE risk status “paves the way” for the abolition of the 30-month limit, according to the...
Agri Politics
Food Ombudsman to operate 'within existing failing frameworks'
The impending National Food Ombudsman will operate “within existing failing frameworks”, according to Cork South-West TD Holly Cairns. There have...
Agri Politics
Ensuring economic welfare of beef farmers requires 'whole-of-government approach'
Ensuring the economic welfare of beef farmers “requires a whole-of-government approach because it touches on issues such as justice, financial...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: 'Sharp-toothed beef regulator' needed
The Individual Farmers of Ireland tractor protest group is calling on every rural TD to support the call by the...
Agri Politics
Beef regulator motion 'a real chance' for politicians to support farmers
A private members motion being tabled this week on establishing an independent regulator for the beef sector is “a real...
Agri Politics
Nolan backs calls for independent beef regulator
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has written to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to...