Agri-Business
MEP Carthy raises farm inspections burden with Commissioner Ciolos
At a meeting of the European Parliament’s Agriculture & Rural Development committee yesterday Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy raised concerns over...
Agri-Business
At a meeting of the European Parliament’s Agriculture & Rural Development committee yesterday Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy raised concerns over...
Agri Politics
Ireland’s European commissioner-designate Phil Hogan has won the support of over 70% of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee to become the...
Agri Politics
Farm Commissioner Designate Phil Hogan has told members of the European Parliament that he will take a very close interest...
Agri Politics
EU Farm Commissioner designate Phil Hogan was up early this morning, ready for his ‘hearing’ with the members of the...
Agri Politics
The hearing of the Commissioner-designate for agriculture and rural development Phil Hogan by the AGRI Committee takes place in Brussels...
Agri Politics
The successful nomination of Phil Hogan as EU agriculture and rural affairs commissioner designate has been warmly welcomed by Mairead...
Agri Politics
Mairead McGuinness, MEP and Vice President of the European Parliament, has called on the EU to immediately drop the superlevy...
Agri Politics
Reports from Europe this morning say that Former Minister for Environment Phil Hogan will get the job as the next EU...
Sheep
Concerned Hill Farmers Action Group spokesman Brendan Joyce has confirmed to Agriland that a letter seeking the support of Enda...
Tillage
IFA National Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne said that the industry must support growers to get through what is...
Beef
ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has challenged Tesco to produce independently verifiable research to confirm its recently reported assertions that...
Rural Life
The introduction of ‘Aids to Private Storage’ is an option as the EU works out its response to last Thursday’s...
Agri Politics
Speaking in the Agriculture & Rural Development committee in the European Parliament recently, Ireland Midlands and West MEP Luke Ming...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has today adopted a communication encouraging Member States to look for ways to improve protection of small...
Agri Politics
While opposition grows from MEPs outside of Fine Gael to his candidacy, Phil Hogan looks set to be get either...
Rural Life
The Virginia Show was officially launched over the weekend, with MEP Mairead McGuinness and Jim Harrison from the Irish Shows Association...
Agri Politics
The new EU Commission must urgently tackle unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President...
Agri Politics
With over 60% of Irish laws originating in Brussels, I joined a delegation of Irish journalists in Brussels to learn...