Agri Politics
Michael Fitzmaurice has said that he will join the new political party established by fellow TDs Michael Collins and Richard O’ Donoghue.
The founders of new political party said farmers are "frustrated and annoyed" and want representation in the Dáil that "respects their work".
Agri-Business
The deputy urged the Tánaiste to support the biofuel industry which has the potential to reduce transport and home-heating carbon emissions.
An independent TD has told the Dáil that the crisis around rising fertiliser prices is all about global politics.
Every truck leaving the country since Brexit is costing the haulier an extra €500, according to independent TD Richard O'Donoghue
Everyone is "entitled to live within their culture" in rural Ireland, according to TD Richard O'Donoghue, who has criticised the LDA.
The government must intervene to stop the “cartel-like” system that "exists within the meat factory industry", Richard O'Donoghue claims.
Rural Life
"If people are looking for the right to housing and the right to live, rural Ireland has no infrastructure," according to Richard O'Donoghue.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's sole reliance on an online system is "unsustainable", according to Richard O'Donoghue.
Dairygold has been called on by Richard O'Donoghue to reconsider its decision to close stores - starting with its branch in Cappamore.
