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Leo Varadkar to resign as Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader
Leo Varadkar is set to announce today (Wednesday, March 20) that he is to resign as Taoiseach and the leader...
Taoiseach
Agri Politics
Chinese Premier dines on Irish beef during lunch with Taoiseach
The Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, chose to dine on Irish beef during his working lunch with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at...
Agri-Business
Taoiseach to discuss beef exports ban with Chinese Premier
The Taoiseach is to raise the ban on Irish exports of beef to China, worth an estimated €40 million, with...
Environment
Taoiseach: 'My biggest concern for farmers is the possibility that we will lose the derogation'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil that his “biggest concern for Irish farmers and our food industry is the possibility...
Agri Politics
Nitrates derogation reduction 'biggest threat' warns dairy farmer
A Co. Galway dairy farmer has told a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef
Taoiseach: 'We'll work with Chinese Control Authority' to try and lift ban
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) must submit an epidemiological...
Rural Life
No farmer 'can afford to pay 3% tax on land' - ICSA
The government has been urged to “leave farmers alone to farm” by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA)...
Agri-Business
RZLT: Taoiseach urged to address 'underlying flaws'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to make the necessary amendments to the Finance Act 2021 to remove all “genuinely...
Rural Life
Taoiseach: Driving test delays 'unacceptable'
The Taoiseach has acknowledged what he has described as the “unacceptable delays at the moment” when it comes to driving...
Environment
Going to 175kg N/ha would be 'catastrophic' - Taoiseach
The Taoiseach told the Dáil today (Wednesday, September 27) that Ireland “going to 175kg organic nitrogen (N)/ha would be catastrophic...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach 'is misleading farmers' - Cairns
The Taoiseach has been accused of giving farmers “false hope” over the nitrates derogation by the Social Democrats leader Holly...
Agri Politics
Nitrates issue becoming 'political football' - Cullinan
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan is not happy at what he regards as the politicisation of the nitrates...
Agri Politics
Video: Taoiseach outlines govt 'commitment' to rural Ireland
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said today that he wanted to “assure” people about the “government’s commitment to rural Ireland”. Speaking...
Agri Politics
Macra wants 'commitments' from meeting with Taoiseach today
Macra representatives are meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today (Monday, July 10) to directly discuss a number of issues of...
Environment
Rewetting: MEP accuses Taoiseach of 'scaremongering'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been accused of “scaremongering” for his “own political interest” on the proposed European Union (EU) Nature...
Agri-Business
Farming areas 'losing heart and trust' in govt - ICMSA
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has told Agriland that farming organisations “want direction and resolutions” on challenges the...
Agri-Business
Memo due before Cabinet on EU Nature Restoration Law
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil today (Wednesday, February 1) that a memo will be brought to Cabinet “very soon”...
Agri-Business
Ireland's agri-food industry is at a crossroads warns Taoiseach
The agri-food industry is essential to Ireland’s economy but it is at a crossroads, Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned at the...