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Support grows among Irish MEPs for axing entitlements

Barry Cowen MEP has said that entitlement-based payments should be kept into the next CAP 'where needed', as his fellow MEPs are supporting a major shake up in the distribution of CAP funds.

NEWS 9 July 2026

Support grows among Irish MEPs for axing entitlements

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What way is your MEP looking to steer future farm payments?

What way is your MEP looking to steer future farm payments?

NEWS 8 July 2026

Calls for changes on the classification of wool by INHFA

Calls for changes on the classification of wool by INHFA

NEWS 18 June 2026

Senators angered over Mullooly claims school meals contain Brazilian beef

Senators angered over Mullooly claims school meals contain Brazilian beef

Senators angered over Mullooly claims school meals contain Brazilian beef

NEWS 28 May 2026

MEPs want to create new digital taxes to fund bigger EU budget

MEPs want to create new digital taxes to fund bigger EU budget

MEPs want to create new digital taxes to fund bigger EU budget

NEWS 27 April 2026

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MEPs pushing to secure extra €135bn for CAP

MEPs pushing to secure extra €135bn for CAP

MEPs' chief negotiator for the CAP insists that the 24% shortfall in ringfenced EU funds for agriculture proposed last summer has mostly been filled.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Early signals new CAP could face delays

Early signals new CAP could face delays

There are already signs that the new CAP may not be finalised in time to kick in in January 2028, as expected.

NEWS 21 January 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Any ‘fortress Europe’ outcome, seeking to substitute a stronger single market for a reduced outward focus on trade with the rest of the world, is not in Ireland’s interests.

VIEWPOINTS 21 January 2026

New Mercosur safeguards could see lower tariffs suspended

New Mercosur safeguards could see lower tariffs suspended

The EU could temporarily suspend tariff preferences on agricultural imports from the Mercosur countries if a surge in imports harms EU producers.

NEWS 21 January 2026

What’s next for proposed EU regulations on animal transport?

What’s next for proposed EU regulations on animal transport?

The proposals remain in the legislative negotiating phase and could come to the fore in the second half of 2026 during Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.

CALVES 21 January 2026

Editorial: what now for Mercosur trade deal?

Editorial: what now for Mercosur trade deal?

There are also rumblings of unrest around the new safeguards, with Argentinian president Javier Milei warning Europe not to meddle with the safeguards or quotas in relation to the deal.

VIEWPOINTS 21 January 2026

Four Irish MEPs vote against referring Mercosur to EU court

Four Irish MEPs vote against referring Mercosur to EU court

Maria Walsh, Seán Kelly, Regina Doherty and Barry Andrews all voted no to referring the Mercosur trade deal to the ECJ, which could delay it for up to two years.

NEWS 21 January 2026

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Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

This heritage tourist attraction nestled in the heart of rural Sligo is a fun-filled day out for all the family, showcasing life as it would have been in the late-1800s to the mid-1900s.

Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

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