Rural Life
Healy-Rae: Mart restrictions 'will mean a difference of €100 to €200 less for farmers'
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has said the restrictions on marts under Level 5 are “most unfair”. As it stands, sales...
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Agri Politics
Healy-Rae calls for young farmer stamp duty relief age to be raised
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has asked for the age limit to be increased from 35 to 40 to qualify for...
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Beef
'Factories will benefit once again' from government TB decisions - Healy-Rae
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has said that “factories will benefit once again” as he outlined his “worries” over the controversial TB...
Rural Life
Healy-Rae: Council should 'go back to the farmers and do things properly' with greenway
The South Kerry Greenway saga has been provided with another date of what is hoped to be the conclusion –...
Forestry
'It should be easy to sort these people out' - Healy-Rae on 'serial forestry objectors'
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has said that the government “should get a handle on serial objectors that cause the backlog”...
Agri Politics
'I don't know what they're at' - Healy-Rae on latest Covid-19 restrictions
When asked about recent current affairs in Ireland, particularly the response of the governmental figures to such events, independent TD...
Agri Politics
'Calleary's punishment doesn't fit the crime' - Healy-Rae
Reacting to the resignation of Dara Calleary from his ministerial role after just 37 days in office, independent TD Danny...
Agri Politics
'Dáil Éireann is being run by certain media outlets': Healy-Rae on sacking of minister
“Who amongst us can say we’ve done nothing wrong? Who amongst us is able to say that he had done...
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At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: 'Farmers need an income - not gossip'
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae said he feels that we are in a “critical time in Ireland where farmers need an...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: 'Micheál Martin sold his soul to the Green Party'
Independent TD for Kerry Danny Healy-Rae has expressed his “extreme concerns” for the future of rural Ireland, following the formation of...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae urges factories to 'stand together' with beef farmers
Independent TD for Kerry Danny Healy-Rae has appealed to meat processors to “stick with Irish farmers”, adding that “now is...
Agri Politics
Calls for farmers to be 'treated sympathetically' in Covid-19 payment applications
The Government has been urged to “look on farmers sympathetically” when they apply for Covid-19-related social welfare payments. Independent Kerry...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: Cuts to CAP payments 'would sound the death knell for rural Ireland'
Farmers, especially suckler and beef farmers, are at a crossroads over whether to stay producing food, according to independent TD...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae apologises for 'to hell with the planet' comments
Rural independent general election candidate Danny Healy-Rae has apologised for remarks he made yesterday, Sunday, February 9, during an election...
Agri-Business
Company owned by rural TD Healy-Rae records profits of €444,227
By Gordon Deegan The plant-hire company owned by outspoken independent Kerry TD and farmer Danny Healy-Rae last year recorded an...
Beef
'Everyone at the 'Ploughing' is dependent on the farmer' - Healy-Rae
The Dáil resumed this week on Tuesday, September 17, the same day that the 2019 National Ploughing Championships kicked off,...
Agri Politics
Offal outed: Healy-Rae condemns 'bully-boy tactics' in Cork
“Bully-boy tactics” implemented by a beef factory have been criticised by independent TD for Kerry Danny Healy-Rae. In a statement,...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae calls for Tánaiste and ministers to meet protesters
Both the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, have been called on to...