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Pensioners should continue to receive CAP payments - Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on agriculture and food Martin Kenny TD raised the issue with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon in the Dáil on Thursday morning.

NEWS 14 May 2026

Pensioners should continue to receive CAP payments - Sinn Féin

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Heydon to fight to retain CAP payments for pensioners and part-time farmers

Heydon to fight to retain CAP payments for pensioners and part-time farmers

NEWS 14 May 2026

ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

NEWS 14 May 2026

Phase out payments on drained peatlands - report

Phase out payments on drained peatlands - report

Phase out payments on drained peatlands - report

NEWS 13 May 2026

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

NEWS 13 May 2026

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Inside the Farmers Journal: are you an active farmer or actively farming?

Inside the Farmers Journal: are you an active farmer or actively farming?

On this week’s show, the team looks at fertiliser supply for 2027, new CAP schemes and the debate around the active farmer.

NEWS 29 April 2026

Split attitudes to CAP payment redistribution plans

Split attitudes to CAP payment redistribution plans

Two-thirds of consultation respondents oppose the Commission's plan to stop CAP income supports for farmers in receipt of a state pension by 2032.

NEWS 29 April 2026

ACRES-like measures advised for new agri-environmental scheme

ACRES-like measures advised for new agri-environmental scheme

Grassland agri-environmental measures should be targeted to areas of intensive dairy, the Commission has advised member states for the next CAP.

NEWS 29 April 2026

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

Genuine working farmers would be hit if Commission plans to axe funding for part-time farmers

NEWS 29 April 2026

60,000 in CAP payment battle

60,000 in CAP payment battle

European Commission plans to restrict CAP funds to those earning a majority of their income from farming leaves 60,000 Irish farmers in limbo.

NEWS 29 April 2026

Farmers with off-farm jobs face battle to avoid exclusion from CAP

Farmers with off-farm jobs face battle to avoid exclusion from CAP

The CAP should focus on farmers who derive most of their income from farming, the Commission says. The move leaves the security of income supports for part-time farmers in question.

NEWS 29 April 2026

TAMS III spends €149m as Cork farmers go big

TAMS III spends €149m as Cork farmers go big

LESS and Solar have been the big ticket items with regard TAMS spending, while Cork, Tipp and Galway farmers have been some of the highest approved applicants, Martin Merrick reports.

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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