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The inclusion of a ‘production reduction’ condition in the distribution of the €100 million beef aid package has been heavily criticised by one…
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been criticised by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice regarding recent comments about suckler farmers.…
Concerns regarding the media response to the performance of the Green Party in the local and European elections have been raised by independent…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s budget for temporary veterinary inspectors (TVIs) has been increased by €2.8 million for 2019, according…
An independent ‘committee of scrutiny’ should be established to ‘hold the Government’s feet to the fire’ on the National Broadband Plan, according to…
A Roscommon-Galway TD has called for clarity on the finer details of the young farmer loan scheme in relation to the criteria for…
A meeting scheduled for Easter Monday, April 22, will discuss the “severe pressure” farmers are under, as well as the challenges in rural…
Some 1,400t of Irish beef worth €2.8 million was exported to China in 2018, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed…
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that an increase to the current carbon tax will “cripple ordinary people”. The Roscommon-Galway TD was speaking in…
Comments from the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar regarding the use of eir poles in the roll-out of rural broadband “display stark ignorance”, according to…
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has criticised “drastic proposals” from the Oireachtas’ climate committee, saying that the main parties “appear fully in favour of…
Michael Fitzmaurice, independent TD for Galway-Roscommon, has said he believes “it would be unwise” of the Government to “go after ordinary people” around…
The different regulations and procedures between feedlot and non-feedlot herds when it comes to an outbreak of bovine TB has been outlined by…
A total of 164 written submissions have been received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the reform…
Meat plants are required to perform a daily system check every morning to ensure that mechanical carcass grading machines are working to sufficient…
Almost 5,500 cows of UK origin were slaughtered in Irish meat factories in 2018, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the…
TDs have expressed their disappointment after a false allegation was made of illegal peat cutting by the CEO of the Irish Peatland Conservation…
The “renewed focus” by environmental groups in Ireland and further afield to criticise Irish agriculture has been slammed by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice.…
