Agri Politics
Fitzmaurice to join Collins and O'Donoghue in new political party
Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that he will join the new political party established by fellow independent TDs Michael...
Richard O’Donoghue
Agri Politics
Farmers want representation in the Dáil that 'respects their work' - new political party
The founders of new political party, Independent Ireland, said farmers are currently “frustrated and annoyed” and want representation in the...
Agri-Business
TD calls for support of biofuel production using farmland
An independent TD has urged Tánaiste Leo Varadkar to support the biofuel industry, which the TD says has the potential...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser crisis 'all about global politics' - TD
The crisis around rising fertiliser prices in Ireland is all about global politics, according to an independent TD. Richard O’Donoghue...
Agri Politics
TD: 'Brexit adds €500 to cost of every truck leaving Ireland'
Every truck leaving the country since Brexit is costing the haulier an extra €500, according to independent TD for Limerick...
Agri Politics
Rural housing: TD criticises 'anti-rural' Land Development Agency
Everyone is “entitled to live within their culture” in rural Ireland – and this should be reflected in planning permissions...
Agri Politics
Government must intervene to end 'cartel-like system' in beef - O'Donoghue
For farmers to “achieve only a breakeven scenario”, the government must intervene to stop the “cartel-like” system that “exists within...
Rural Life
'If people are looking for the right to housing, rural Ireland has no infrastructure'
“If people are looking for the right to housing and the right to live, rural Ireland has no infrastructure,” according...
Agri Politics
Department's sole reliance on online system 'unsustainable' - TD
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s sole reliance on an online system is “unsustainable”, according to TD and...
Agri Politics
TD calls on Dairygold to reconsider co-op store closures
Dairygold has been called on by independent Limerick TD Richard O’Donoghue to reconsider its decision to close stores – starting...
