One of the most successful businessmen in Ireland has said farmers are having to contend with too much red tape and bureacreacy.
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Farmers Journal, Ryanair chief executive officer Michael O’Leary said if he was in charge of the sector, he would ease the burden of paperwork on farmers.
Asked what he do if he was Agriculture Minister, O’Leary said: “You wouldn’t want me as Minister for Agriculture. I would want to significantly reduce regulation. There’s far too much paperwork, far too much regulation involved in farming now.”
Turning his attention to Brexit,O’Leary said the UK electorate was “sold a pup”.
“Funnily, I don’t think Brexit will happen. I think the British will realise that they made such a spectacular balls of it that within 18 months I think they’ll change their minds and decide they should stay in.
“The problem is that the UK was sold a pup by the Brexiteers. The idea that Britain is going to leave the biggest single, open trading bloc in the world so it can create an open economy is absurd,” he said.
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