The IFA is currently piling on the pressure regarding the proposed cut to the CAP budget. Farmers are on the move locally all over Ireland highlighting the consequences of cuts to their communities.
“No CAP cuts” has become the catchphrase. Tractors moved into formation to that effect near the Rock of Dunamase in Laois earlier this week.
Meanwhile, at Monday’s IFA sheep meeting in Enniscorthy, the campaign reached the crockery phase.
No CAP cuts cups were on display for the obligatory cuppa after the meeting. Try saying that at closing time. One wag observed that the cups should have been getting smaller over the last decade to reflect the impact of convergence on the south-east. That brought the retort that maybe the cups are getting bigger in the west of Ireland, where convergence brought payment increases.
Finally, another suggested that there shouldn’t be cups at all, “because the European Commission are taking us all for mugs”.
