The IFA held a farming and climate summit on Tuesday 10 January to update farmers and hear views on the challenges facing the sector.

IFA president Tim Cullinan and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue.

Professor Peter Thorne, climatologist, National University of Ireland, Maynooth; Mary Frances Rochford, programme manager, climate change, EPA; Laurence Shalloo, head of animal and grassland research and innovation, Teagasc; Bill Callanan, chief inspector, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and Tadhg Buckley, IFA director of policy.

Frank O’Mara, director of Teagasc; Thia Hennessy, head of department of food business and development, UCC; Paul O’Brien, chair of IFA environment and rural affairs committee; and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue.,