Agri Politics
Recent trade deals 'threaten move to cheap food policy'
The European Commission is shifting towards a cheap food policy as it continues with its “controversial and deeply unpopular” trade...
Agri Politics
The European Commission is shifting towards a cheap food policy as it continues with its “controversial and deeply unpopular” trade...
N.Ireland
The survival of farming and agri-food in Northern Ireland hangs in the balance as a result of Brexit, according to...
Agri Politics
The Irish Government, acting unilaterally, is preventing young farmers from accessing vital funding, according to Sinn Fein MEP for the...
Agri-Business
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been criticised for preparing to promote the ‘controversial’ Canada-EU Comprehensive and Economic Free Trade Agreement (CETA) by Sinn...
Agri Politics
The Irish Government has been slammed by Sinn Fein MEP, Matt Carthy, for failing to assert Irish interests in EU...
Agri-Business
Trust in the ability of the EU to protect the interests of its consumers has been ‘shattered’ by the recent...
Other
A permanent crisis instrument must be implemented in the dairy sector to avoid future volatility. This was the message from Sinn...
Agri Politics
European Parliament MEPs will vote this week on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement, the aim...
Agri Politics
Almost 50% of Ireland’s direct payments under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) went to just 12% of...
Agri Politics
The fundamental focus of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) review must be on ensuring farmers achieve viable incomes in return...
Tillage
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, needs to wake up to the tillage crisis in Ireland,...
Agri-Business
Ireland needs special status during the upcoming Brexit talks, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said. Carthy was speaking following...
Agri Politics
The EU must deliver a CAP reform package that better reflects the needs of family farms in Ireland, according to...
Beef
Confidence in the European Commission’s competition authority will be tested after the ABP/Slaney merger was given the green light. This...
CAP / Schemes
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Cathy has said that 30% of all European farmers would cease farming if direct payments were...
Tillage
Three of Ireland’s representatives in the European Parliament, Matt Carthy, Marian Harkin and Luke Flanagan have called for Government intervention...
Beef
The unfair market practises within the beef processing sector need to be challenged rather than strengthened, Sinn Fein MEP Matt...
Agri Politics
It is clear now that TTIP is politically dead, at least for the time being, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy...