Agri Politics
Financial supports for tillage farmers need to be "targeted at the cereal grower who needs it the most" according to minister.
Sinn Féin said if Tánaiste Simon Harris is serious about supporting farmers then he must commit to rejecting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
The Tánaiste has told the Fine Gael Agriculture and Rural Development Conference that environmental regulations are “far too complex”.
Schemes
A Fine Gael senator has said that the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan should...
A Fine Gael conference on agriculture and rural development is set to take place on Saturday of next week (November 15).
Tillage
There is growing pressure on the government to deliver a package in Budget 2026 that will "ensure the viability of the tillage sector".
Rural Life
Aontú TD Paul Lawless has condemned the European Commission’s move to adopt the legal text of the EU–Mercosur trade agreement.
A farm conference will take place in September addressing the future of farming and the challenges...
Minister Heydon has said he won't back any party colleague for his party's presidential nomination due to serving as director of elections.
Former MEP and European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has withdrawn from the presidential election citing health reasons.
A Fine Gael senator has said that there will be "significant scope for negotiation and improvement" before a final agreement on the next CAP.
An Irish MEP has met with the president of the European Parliament to call on the president to back a ring-fenced budget for CAP.
Agri-Business
The next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget needs to increase in order to meet inflation, according to an Irish MEP.
MEP Ciaran Mullooly has expressed his disappointment at the lack of unity among Irish MEPs to defend safeguards for Irish family farmers
Forestry
A Fine Gael TD is due to raise the issue of setback distances when it comes to forestry in the Dáil today (Wednesday, February 26).
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael MEPs have been criticised by a Sinn Féin MEP for not supporting a vote on scrapping the Mercosur deal
The next minister for agriculture is set to be revealed today (Wednesday, January 22) as the Dáil resumes and a new government is formed.
Fianna Fáil members have voted to ratify the programme for government at a special Ard Fheis in Dublin today (Sunday, January 19).
A Fine Gael Senator has said that Ireland's family farms are "an absolute priority" in the new draft programme for government.
The European Commission must establish a high-level expert group on sustainable livestock, according to an Irish MEP.
Dairy
The Lakeland chairperson wrote to Simon Harris and Micheál Martin to call for the inclusion of dairy issues in the programme for government.
Mercosur deal "is not acceptable" in its current form according to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil as Sinn Féin also warned it will be "disastrous".
The EU-Mercosur trade deal is the first big threat facing farmers after the general election, Independent Ireland candidate Eddie Punch said.
