# farmers - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# New Scheme
# New Scheme
The Government is hoping a new multi-million scheme will ensure the co-operation of farmers.
# farmers - Tuesday 28 December, 2021
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
A move to include emissions from land usage in the budgets would ‘totally undermine the viability’ of the agri-food industry, CEO Danny McCoy wrote.
# farmers - Friday 10 December, 2021
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
Dr Stephen Onakuse says consumers and processors must also shoulder the blame for their impact on climate.
# farmers - Sunday 21 November, 2021
# IFA
# IFA
Farmers have said they are being asked to do more for less and government policy will make more family farms unviable.
# farmers - Friday 8 October, 2021
# Cash Cow
# Cash Cow
Farm subsidies to protect biodiversity need to be channelled into results-led projects.
# farmers - Friday 25 June, 2021
# CAP
# CAP
The IFA has criticised the agreement as a “bad deal for Irish farmers”.
# farmers - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Mink Farming
# Mink Farming
The prohibition is not expected to begin until next year, allowing farmers to see out the 2021 season.
# farmers - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Protest
# Protest
Demonstrations were organised in 30 towns in Ireland this morning.
# farmers - Monday 5 April, 2021
# Arctic Chill
# Arctic Chill
Snow is possible in some areas.
# farmers - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Lorcan McCabe, a Cavan dairy farmer, said this could “pose huge problems” for the dairy sector.
# farmers - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Tánaiste said if people borrow money, they have a responsibility to pay it back.
# farmers - Saturday 24 October, 2020
# Cattle
# Cattle
Cattle were already gathered in marts to be sold when the system went down.
# farmers - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Tiktok
# Tiktok
IFA president Tim Cullinan called on those recording the videos to show more responsibility.
# farmers - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
# Beef Crisis
# Beef Crisis
Some 318,000 tonnes of beef was imported from outside of Europe last year.
# farmers - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Department of Agriculture is currently in discussions with farmers around potential measures to support them.
# farmers - Friday 21 February, 2020
# No Deal
# No Deal
Leo Varadkar had said that the budget proposal as it stood was “not something [Ireland] can accept”.
# farmers - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# The Hague
# The Hague
The demonstration comes a day before a debate in parliament on how to rein in emissions of the pollutant nitrogen oxide.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Irish farmers are worried that millenials are ditching the potato.
# farmers - Monday 3 February, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
We asked each party what measures they’d take to resolve the beef dispute and support Bord na Móna workers at risk of losing their jobs.
# farmers - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
# Climate Action
# Climate Action
The comments come on the same day Fine Gael launched its agriculture plans ahead of the upcoming election.
# farmers - Friday 17 January, 2020
# Tractor Protest
# Tractor Protest
David Long said that there were no more Dublin tractor protests planned “for the near future”.
# Beef Crisis
# Beef Crisis
Farmers said they were returning home to rethink their next moves, adding that they have nothing left to lose.
# farmers - Thursday 16 January, 2020
# Demonstration
# Demonstration
Dozens of tractors returned to blockade streets around Leinster House yesterday.
# Merrion St
# Merrion St
The vehicle involved is understood not to have been a tractor. No arrests have been made.
# farmers - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Protest
# Protest
It follows a similar protest in November when dozens of farmers also arrived on tractors.
# Beef Protest
# Beef Protest
Gardaí expect that around 400 tractors could form a blockade in the city centre.
# farmers - Tuesday 14 January, 2020
# Beef Crisis
# Beef Crisis
Gardaí issued an advisory this evening detailing the road closures in the city.
# farmers - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
# Supervalu
# Supervalu
Musgrave supplies Supervalu and Centra stores.
# farmers - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Beef
# Beef
The latest blockade is part of the ongoing farmer campaign for an increase in beef prices.
# farmers - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# Beef Protests
# Beef Protests
Farmers, organised by the IFA, are protesting again.
# Beef Prices
# Beef Prices
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association are staging a protest outside an Aldi distribution centre.
# farmers - Thursday 28 November, 2019
The company has requested for the injunctions to be lifted.
# farmers - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Beef
# Beef
A deal was brokered and a task force established – so why are there still protests?
# farmers - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Farmers
# Farmers
Gardaí said the protest is anticipated to continue overnight and into tomorrow morning.
# farmers - Thursday 31 October, 2019
# Climate Action
# Climate Action
The Taoiseach said the way emissions are categorised will have to be changed.
# farmers - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# Beef
# Beef
Farmers began protesting outside the Dept. of Agriculture claiming the meat industry has not held up its end of the bargain
# farmers - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Beef
# Beef
It’s one of a number of measures agreed to last month in order to end a dispute between farmers and processors.
# farmers - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Farmers
# Farmers
The task force was agreed to by farmers and industry representatives following talks with the minister last month.
# farmers - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# Protests
# Protests
Protests are still taking place outside certain factories.
# farmers - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# Climate Action
# Climate Action
The Green Party’s Just Transition bill will not be opposed by government.
