Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Future policy drivers for the agri-food sector?
The fact that Ireland celebrates 50 years of membership of the European Union (EU), having joined in 1973, gives pause...
Ciaran Fitzgerald
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Accountability must prevail over ideology
A SWOT (strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of Irish dairy towards the end of 2023, I would suggest, highlights...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Will food ever recapture its selling power?
Will agriculture and food ever recapture selling power so as increase its sustainability capability? A major systems fault has pervaded EU and...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Exposing non-policy on price availability
The current food price inflation debate exposes the superficial non-policy on price availability and sustainability. Food demand has, first and foremost, nutritional and...
Opinion
Ciarán Fitzgerald: Focus on food prices is mere populism
The current focus on food prices seems to be more about populism than real concern about long-term trends, while Irish...
Opinion
Ciarán Fitzgerald: What did supermarkets ever do for us?
The ever growing shortages of food produce on the shelves of supermarkets in Ireland and the UK are raising, yet...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Dismissing farmers as a 'lobby' shows prejudice
One of the great challenges in an open democratic society is that of accepting that your own fervently held view...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Inflation has many impacts on agri sector
The year 2022 was a challenging one for the agri sector, but with output prices performing better than expected, the...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Food vs. pharma - the impact of selling power
I spoke recently at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Climate Summit about the challenge of getting government and the body...
Agri-Business
IFA Climate Summit: Economic impact of agriculture 'ignored'
The significant contribution of the agriculture sector to the Irish economy is being “ignored and dismissed” in the climate change...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Dramatic increase in value of Irish agri output
Agri output in Ireland increased by over 26% in 2022 with gross output reaching an unprecedented level of €12.1 billion, according...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Job creation not just about multinationals
Job creation and industrial development is not just about the multinationals. The very recent and very worrying trend of lay...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Why export focus is a boon amid inflation
When talking about inflation, consider first that Ireland exports just over €15 billion worth of agri-food products annually. For the largest...
Video
Farmland discusses the new CAP and Budget 2023 in relation to farmers in vulnerable sectors
On this week’s episode of Farmland, Agriland journalist Aisling O’Brien sits down with the IFA’s chief economist Tadhg Buckley to...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: Litany of attacks on agri sector continues
There has been a litany of attacks on the agri sector in some of the D4-dominated national media, following the...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: When does the EU start to reassess attitude to food?
In addition to the human misery inflicted on Ukraine by the Russian invasion, the war has led to a huge...
Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: When is a quota not a quota?
There have been plenty of contradictory statements from government departments and political parties about whether Ireland will, unilaterally it seems,...
Video
Farmland Episode 1 2022
Agriland editor Stella Meehan discusses the CAP and carbon farming with MEP Colm Markey, takes a trip to Dubai to...