Around 40 farmers along the River Barrow between Monasterevin, Co Kildare and Vicarstown, Co Laois will appeal the failure to have land prone to flooding designated among Areas of Natural Constraint.
“We’ve just been ignored – left out again,” one of them, Henry McLoughlin, told the Irish Farmers Journal. He said he and his neighbours hired an agricultural consultant to assemble information on the “severe flooding” affecting their land, causing additional costs and crop losses.
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The problem has been made worse by the construction of the M7 motorway, he added. The farmers submitted their case to the Department ahead of this year’s review, but did not get in.
“Hopefully we’ll be successful with an appeal, because those reviews happen so few and far between,” McLoughlin said.
Meanwhile, farmers in east Donegal have expressed surprise as 140 farms in 48 townlands have lost eligibility. They have cited the longest closed spreading period, farming on Natura 2000 sites and wildlife sanctuaries, high rainfall and shorter growing season among grounds on which they intend to appeal the decision.
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Around 40 farmers along the River Barrow between Monasterevin, Co Kildare and Vicarstown, Co Laois will appeal the failure to have land prone to flooding designated among Areas of Natural Constraint.
“We’ve just been ignored – left out again,” one of them, Henry McLoughlin, told the Irish Farmers Journal. He said he and his neighbours hired an agricultural consultant to assemble information on the “severe flooding” affecting their land, causing additional costs and crop losses.
Construction
The problem has been made worse by the construction of the M7 motorway, he added. The farmers submitted their case to the Department ahead of this year’s review, but did not get in.
“Hopefully we’ll be successful with an appeal, because those reviews happen so few and far between,” McLoughlin said.
Meanwhile, farmers in east Donegal have expressed surprise as 140 farms in 48 townlands have lost eligibility. They have cited the longest closed spreading period, farming on Natura 2000 sites and wildlife sanctuaries, high rainfall and shorter growing season among grounds on which they intend to appeal the decision.
Listen to "ANC appeals, self-cooling cow mats and Kevin McManamon – Podcast Ep. 193" on Spreaker.
Read more
Over 2,000 new areas in ANC map
Calls for an effective ANC appeals process
ANC map: what if I'm out?
ANC: 'It's all about appeals now'
Budget is next ANC battle
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