LATEST ARTICLES
News
Applications open for 2024 Future Leaders Programme
Niamh Murphy
The 2024 Future Leaders Programme is open to first- and second-year Kildalton students. The programme gives successful applicants a trip to the European Parliament in Brussels.
16 April 2024 News
IFA’s nine key asks of politicians ahead of local and European elections
Nine key issues have been identified by the Irish Farmers' Association ahead of the upcoming European and local elections in June.
15 April 2024 News
European People's Party hosts farming conference in Carlow
The event will take place in the Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Co Carlow, from 9.30am to 1.30pm this Friday.
Derogations are necessary for Irish grass-based produce - Cowen
Fianna Fáil TD and former Minister for Agriculture Barry Cowen is running for the European Parliament this year.
11 April 2024 News
Punch takes aim at 'detached' Commission
The Clare candidate for Europe said EU officials had “become detached from the reality of life for ordinary people”.
7 April 2024 News
Ex-RTÉ broadcaster Ciaran Mullooly to run in European elections
The candidate has pledged to maintain a “strong presence” in Brussels on farming and rural issues if elected in June.
6 April 2024 News
Nature restoration law could be rejected
MEP Billy Kelleher said the law, which looked set to succeed after getting the green light at a European Parliament vote, could still fail to reach consensus in the bloc.
27 March 2024 News
Easing of red tape for farmers could be in place by end of spring
A position from the European Parliament is expected to be adopted before the end of April.
26 March 2024 News
Colm Markey withdraws from European election race
The Louth dairy farmer said that he will remain in politics and plans to contest in future elections.
23 March 2024 News
Eddie Punch enters race for Europe
The former general secretary of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) announced that he will stand as an independent in the Ireland South constituency.
11 March 2024 News
‘Farmers have nothing to fear from the Nature Restoration Law’ - Minister Noonan
Speaking as part of a Dáil debate on the Nature Restoration Law, Minister Malcolm Noonan said farmers should see measures under the legislation as an opportunity.
7 March 2024 News
'Revamped CAP' needed to fund nature restoration
Moran insisted that farmers will have to be paid for any improvements in habitats and the environment which their actions deliver.
6 March 2024 News