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Martin urged to stress ‘very serious implications’ of UK stance at EU Summit

October 1, 2020

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is being urged to stress the “very serious implications” the UK stance on the withdrawal agreement will have for the…

Cullinan elected vice president of European farm organisation

September 18, 2020

Agri Politics

Tim Cullinan, the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has been elected as the vice president of one of Europe’s largest farming…

Cullinan interview: ‘A massive amount of money has gone into dairy and has to be protected’

August 13, 2020

Agri Politics

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan has argued that “a massive amount of money has gone [into dairy] and has to be protected”.…

Cullinan interview: Splintering in farm politics – and the IFA’s recent past…

August 11, 2020

Agri Politics

“Farmers will make up their own minds who they want to support.” That’s according to Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan, commenting…

Cullinan interview: For those farmers, the ‘only way is coupled payments’

August 10, 2020

Agri Politics

Tim Cullinan, president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), has given a staunch defence of coupled payments under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).…

Agriculture agreement ‘has positive aspects but no specifics on funding’ – IFA

June 15, 2020

Agri Politics

The agriculture chapter of the programme for Government has “some good aspects, but lacks specifics in relation to funding commitments”, the Irish Farmers’…

‘With a reduced kill and an extra 4,000-5,000 cattle per week left in sheds, this is costly’

April 18, 2020

Agri Politics

“It was encouraging to hear Prof. Alan Matthews on CountryWide on (RTE Radio 1) acknowledge the work being done by farmers producing food.…

McDonald’s closure ‘a big blow’ for Irish beef sector

March 23, 2020

Beef

The decision of McDonald’s to close all of its restaurants in Ireland and the UK from today, Monday, March 23, is a “big…

EU criticised for ‘forked tongue’ approach on climate action and CAP

March 4, 2020

CAP / Schemes

The EU has come in for criticism for what is being described as its “forked tongue” approach to climate action and the Common…

‘Financial aid package’ needed on flooding – Cullinan

February 24, 2020

Rural Life

The Government is being called on to provide “a financial aid package” for damage caused by the current flooding around the country. Tim…

Taoiseach ‘must hold firm’ as EU budget talks continue – IFA

February 21, 2020

CAP / Schemes

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is being called on to “hold firm” during ongoing talks in Brussels on the EU’s budget for 2021 to 2027.…

Cullinan on CAP: ‘If they come out with a cut there will be mayhem’

February 21, 2020

CAP / Schemes

Tim Cullinan, the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) president, has warned that if the European Council Summit agrees on a cut to Common Agricultural…

Jim Power report ‘was still not ready for publication’ in January – Woods

February 7, 2020

Agri Politics

The long-awaited report into the beef sector that was commissioned by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to be done by economist Jim Power “was…

Irish dairy ‘big enough’ to have sexed semen lab of its own

February 6, 2020

Dairy

The Irish dairy industry is big enough to merit a sexed semen lab of its own – which will be a key factor…

On-farm renewable energy: ‘Without funding these schemes can’t happen’

February 5, 2020

Agri-Business

Additional reporting by Sylvester Phelan “If the Government is serious about renewable energy and reducing emissions, they’re going to have to put their hand…