The biggest single CAP direct payment of - over €300,000 - went to Co Wexford last year.
The representatives of Nicholas Furlong in Co Wexford received the largest direct payment in Ireland in 2018 of €323,292.
Wexford is the most prominent county on the list with Cousins Agri and Plant picking up a cheque for €215,837 and Wlater Furlong Grain receiving €213,223.
The second-highest payment of €229,664 was to O’Shea Farms, a 1,500ac farm in Piltown, Co Kilkenny, producing primarily carrots and potatoes.
The farm also grows cereals and has a herd of spring-calving Jersey-cross dairy cows.
Paul Carr in Donegal features third on the list, with a payment of €221,511, followed by Park Farm Partnerships in Carlow with a payment of €220,564.
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Branganstown Farms in the Ardee, Co Louth, collected €218,578.
This is a farm operated as a company, in which Larry Goodman and members of his family are directors.
Greenhills Windfarm, a company with an address in Killeagh, Co Cork, received €211,642. Its registered directors are Thomas Browne and Elizabeth Mary Browne.
A farm in Cavan registered as B&L Farms (Unlimited) picked up a payment of €208,178.
Cyril Goode of Arklow, Co Wicklow, collected €215,227 in direct payments.
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