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EU to ensure that ‘goods and essential services continue to flow in our internal market’

March 17, 2020

Dairy Industry Ireland (DII) has welcomed the announcement that the EU is to ensure that “goods and essential services continue to flow in…

UK-EU free trade meetings not to go ahead next week

March 13, 2020

Agri-Business

Scheduled meetings between representatives from the UK and the EU, who were due to hold talks next week in London on a free-trade…

‘The old ambiguity won’t do’ – Irish MEP on ‘Ireland protocol’

March 11, 2020

Agri Politics

An Irish MEP has raised concerns over the UK’s progress in implementing the Ireland-Northern Ireland protocol contained in the Brexit withdrawal agreement. Barry…

EU-UK negotiations set to kick-off next month

February 27, 2020

Agri Politics

It is expected that the first formal meeting between EU and UK free-trade deal negotiators will take place early next month, March. Early…

Irish MEP to vote against Green PCI list objection

February 12, 2020

Agri Politics

MEP for Ireland South Seán Kelly has confirmed that he will vote against an objection tabled by the European Greens on the fourth…

Europe ‘watching Ireland very closely’ – Kelly

February 11, 2020

Agri Politics

The EU has been watching the Irish General Election “very closely”, and would be disappointed by the lack of a clear mandate for…

‘Irish Cream’ and ‘Irish Whiskey’ secure GI status in China

November 6, 2019

Agri-Business

The EU and China have concluded negotiations on a bilateral agreement to protect 100 European Geographical indications (GI) in China and 100 Chinese…

EU 27 agree to UK request for Brexit ‘flextension’

October 28, 2019

Agri Politics

The 27 EU member states have agreed to a request from the UK for a further extension to Brexit departure day until the…

Producer organisations ‘strengthen farmer position in chain’ – EU study

October 23, 2019

Agri-Business

Producer organisations (POs) and associations of producer organisations (APOs) help to strengthen farmers’ position in the food supply chain while providing technical assistance…

Creed stresses need for EU budget to support CAP climate ambition

September 24, 2019

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has reiterated calls for the EU’s ambitions in relation to climate action to…

‘The policy on national emissions targets is not working’ – Colm McCarthy

September 6, 2019

Environment

The policy on national emissions targets hasn’t worked – it dates back to the Koyto agreement in 1992 and we are still having…

‘As far as the people of this area are concerned the DUP is not interested’

September 1, 2019

N.Ireland

Apart from workers here having to apply for certain status [because of Brexit] there is now also the economic viability of actually working…

EU Commission rejects criticism of EU-US beef agreement

August 9, 2019

Beef

The European Commission has rejected claims that the agreement between the EU and the US on beef trade is a “backdoor arrangement” or…

EU and US sign agreement on imports of hormone-free beef

August 4, 2019

Beef

The EU and US have signed an agreement reviewing the functioning of an existing quota to import hormone-free beef into the EU. The…

EU elections: ‘Eurosceptic’ gains not as dominant as predicted

May 27, 2019

Agri-Business

So-called ‘Eurosceptic’ and ‘populist’ parties have put in a strong performance in a number of EU member states in the 2019 European elections,…

How much protein does the EU produce and use?

May 23, 2019

Beef

The EU published the EU Feed Protein Balance Sheet for 2017/2018 this week. A total of 85 million tonnes of crude protein were…

Kent eyes up agricultural advisor role in Brussels

April 25, 2019

Agri Politics

Patrick Kent, who has stepped down from his long-held position as president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), now has…

EU delegation visits Wicklow uplands to see the SUAS project

April 23, 2019

Rural Life

Last week, Wicklow Uplands Council’s Sustainable Uplands Agri-environment Scheme (SUAS) project hosted a field trip for a delegation of 60 participants from 22 of…

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