Agri Politics
'One burned every minute' - IFA intensifies Mercosur opposition
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has voiced its intention to intensify its campaign against the Mercosur trade deal this week....
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has voiced its intention to intensify its campaign against the Mercosur trade deal this week....
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has announced its intention to hold an intensive lobby of all TDs and senators on...
Agri Politics
A motion rejecting the EU-Mercosur Agreement has been published by Sinn Féin and will be debated in the Dáil this...
Agri Politics
The Government has been urged by Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Charlie McConalogue to immediately request a full impact assessment of...
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Irish farmers “don’t accept” EU assurances that the Mercosur countries will adhere to strict sanitary and phytosanitary standards (measures to protect...
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During a visit to Ballyjamesduff Co Operative Livestock Mart, AgriLand asked attendees for their opinions on the recently announced Mercosur...
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Fine Gael frontbenchers have “differing views” on the potential reappointment of EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan...
Agri Politics
A dairy farmers’ lobby group has said it will be asking the European Milk Board (EMB) to mount “a major...
Pig/Poultry
An EU poultry farmers’ lobby group has expressed concern at the revelation that the EU has agreed “a whopping quota...
Agri Politics
An Independent TD for the Galway/Roscommon constituency has said that the European negotiating team involved in the Mercosur trade deal...
Agri Politics
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has responded to the draft political agreement of a trade deal between the EU...
Agri Politics
The Irish Government may not have a veto on the widely-disputed EU-Mercosur trade deal that has sent shock waves throughout...
Agri Politics
Pressure is mounting on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to “oppose any ratification” of the...
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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is “deeply concerned” about the potential impact of the much-disputed...
Agri Politics
A farm-lobby group’s environmental chairman has today called for the Irish Government to veto the looming EU/Mercosur deal if it...
Agri Politics
EU trade negotiators have been warned that assurances given to farmers on Mercosur in recent years “must be respected or...
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Just days after Ireland launched its Climate Change Plan, the president of a farm lobby group has expressed his fury...
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The long-awaited major trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc is now “off the table”, AgriLand...