Beef
Independent Ireland has been called on to ramp up its campaign against the Mercosur trade deal in light of the ban on Brazilian products.
Agri-Business
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly is due to meet with senior management at Brittany Ferries in France next month.
Fuel sector leaders are urging the government to recall the Dáil and stop the planned fuel excise increase.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has called for a dedicated taskforce to be set up to safeguard the future of live exports.
Livestock exporters have been urged to work together and put on a united front to secure transport capacity for Irish cattle.
Live Exports
A meeting will take place this evening in the Athlone Springs Hotel in Co. Roscommon on the challenges in the live export sector.
Independent Ireland will host a public meeting in Athlone next week to discuss the "growing crisis facing Ireland’s livestock export sector".
Video
A meeting took place in Athlone this evening (Saturday, August 15) in response to the decision of...
Rural Life
Independent Ireland has criticised the government's strategy in terms of funding rural post...
Agri Politics
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly has been elected as a full voting member of the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee.
Independent Ireland agriculture spokesperson Michael Fitzmaurice has welcomed elements of the government’s latest fuel support package.
Independent Ireland TD Michael Fitzmaurice said government measures aimed at addressing rising fuel costs "fall short" for farmers.
There have been a number of calls across the board for the government to act as fuel prices increase because of the Middle East conflict.
Independent Ireland has welcomed the decision by the European Parliament today (Wednesday, January...
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly is seeking an urgent meeting with Ireland's EU commissioner over the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
"No No No to Mercosur", a chant that echoed across the campus of Technological University of...
More than 10,000 farmers and supporters congregated in Athlone to demonstrate their opposition to the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement.
Hundreds of farmers and supporters of agriculture are gathering in the Westmeath town of Athlone...
Agriland Media will be livestreaming from the public meeting against the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement in Athlone tomorrow.
Independent Ireland welcomed the news that Ireland will oppose the EU Mercosur trade deal but added that "the battle is far from over".
A number of agri-businesses as well as livestock marts and cattle breed societies have voiced their support for the planned Mercosur protest.
IFA president Francie Gorman is urging farmers to attend a protest against the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement this weekend.
