The European Parliament has recently voted for new tougher limits on the use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to reduce...
May 9, 2022
All five Fine Gael MEPs have thrown their voices behind a call for the EU to put an embargo on...
April 5, 2022
The European Parliament has comfortably backed a resolution to make EU food production systems more independent. The vote last Thursday...
March 28, 2022
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has welcomed the European Parliament’s report regarding regional connectivity and smart villages. Speaking from Brussels,...
March 27, 2022
The European Parliament saves the integrity of the Farm to Fork strategy but concedes on biodiversity, the European umbrella organisation...
March 25, 2022
The representative body for farmers and cooperatives in Europe, Copa-Cogeca has welcomed the adoption of the implementation report on farm...
February 17, 2022
The outcome of a series of votes on animal transport in the European Parliament today has been warmly welcomed by...
January 20, 2022
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that common sense has prevailed with the defeat of “unworkable”...
The European Parliament will hold a series of votes this morning (Thursday, January 20) on proposed changes to rules around...
Planned sweeping changes to animal transport regulations are a “step closer” to being rejected by MEPs, according to one Irish...
January 14, 2022
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president, Dermot Kelleher, has called on all Irish MEPs to “defeat” the proposals...
January 10, 2022
Ahead of the European Parliament debate and vote on animal transport, the next two weeks are “crucial” to protect the...
January 7, 2022
A proposed ban on the transport of unweaned calves under the age of five weeks may ultimately lead to animal...
December 2, 2021
A vote will take place in a full sitting of the European Parliament today (Tuesday, November 23) that is expected...
November 23, 2021
In a report on the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions, MEPs call for binding reduction targets on methane emissions...
September 30, 2021
MEPs have voted in favour of the €5 billion Brexit Adjustment Reserve – with €1 billion coming Ireland’s way. Following...
September 15, 2021
As the European Parliament debated the EU’s Fit for 55 package this week, Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has warned...
The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the European Parliament has voted to accept the agreement that was reached in...
September 9, 2021
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