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CAP budget needs to be revisited to pay farmers 'properly' - Seán Kelly MEP
Rachel Donovan
The EPP held a conference on the future of European agriculture in Carlow on Friday.
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.
10 April 2024 Viewpoints
Significant change within government
We wish Simon Harris well, as he becomes Taoiseach at a critical juncture for Irish agriculture, the wider economy, and society.
Harris poaches Hackett's adviser
Jack O'Donnell was previously an adviser to former housing minister Eoghan Murphy.
10 April 2024 Dealer
Heydon stays on in agriculture
The Kildare TD will continue as Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture following the new Taoiseach's mini-reshuffle.
10 April 2024 News
Harris to look at practical supports to help farmers amid brutal weather
Prolonged wet weather, the nitrates derogation and the biomethane strategy all featured in Simon Harris’s address to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis on Saturday.
6 April 2024 News
Farming makes vital contribution to economy - Harris
New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris confirmed his commitment to rural Ireland and the agriculture sector at a meeting with a party representative group.
4 April 2024 News
Coveney stepping back was inevitable
Having decided not to seek the Fine Gael leadership a second time, Simon Coveney might leave representational politics altogether at the end of the current Dail.
3 April 2024 Dealer
Simon Coveney to step away from cabinet
Simon Coveney has announced he does not wish to hold a position in Simon Harris’s new cabinet.
2 April 2024 News
Harris to prioritise farming as Taoiseach
The new leader of Fine Gael, set to succeed Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach in April, talks exclusively to the Irish Farmers Journal about farming and rural ireland.
27 March 2024 News
Fine Gael stands for helping farmers, not lecturing them - Harris
Newly appointed Fine Gael leader Simon Harris said the party stands for supporting the family farm in his first speech as leader on Saturday.
24 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