Agri-Business
Video: MEP outlines his proposals for new EU animal transport rules
The European Parliament is set to host a debate and vote later this month on the transport of live animals....
Agri-Business
The European Parliament is set to host a debate and vote later this month on the transport of live animals....
Dairy
Planned sweeping changes to animal transport regulations are a “step closer” to being rejected by MEPs, according to one Irish...
Beef
The Irish government is being called on to “categorically commit to opposing” the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement by one member of...
Agri Politics
The intervention by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin into An Taisce’s continuing objection to the proposed Glanbia cheese production facility in...
Agri Politics
Certain NGOs “feel that they, rather than the Irish government, should set government agri-food policy”, Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher...
Agri Politics
Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher has said that Ireland is “well above the European standards in terms of what it insists...
Agri Politics
Some members of the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry on Protection of Animals During Transport are “ideologically opposed to the...
Agri Politics
The latest meeting of the European Parliament Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport took place yesterday...
Agri-Business
Ireland’s status as an island and the “unique challenges that it brings” must be taken into account by any EU...
CAP / Schemes
MEP Billy Kelleher has described the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as “not perfect and far from ideal, but immeasurably...
Agri Politics
A written objection to the European Commission’s proposal to ban lead shot over wetlands has been lodged by MEP Billy...
Agri-Business
Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher has said that the government must come forward with detailed contingency plans for the haulage...
Agri Politics
The first meeting of the European Parliament of Inquiry into Animal Transport is expected to take place on September 21....
Agri Politics
The economic impact throughout Europe from Covid-19 may result in EU member states being less inclined to contribute money to...
Agri Politics
An Irish MEP has warned that the EU may have to fund its 2021-2027 budget through “its own resources” rather...
Agri Politics
A long, drawn-out mini reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is not in the interests of Irish farmers and...