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Farmers take their fury to the streets in Brussels

Official police estimates from Thursday's anti-Mercosur protest put it at 1,000 tractors and 7,300 protesters on the streets of Brussels.

NEWS 24 December 2025

Farmers take their fury to the streets in Brussels

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Mercosur signing to be delayed - Ursula von der Leyen

Mercosur signing to be delayed - Ursula von der Leyen

NEWS 18 December 2025

Watch: farmer protest in Brussels

Watch: farmer protest in Brussels

NEWS 18 December 2025

IFA chief Gorman to drive tractor to Brussels to join farmer protest

IFA chief Gorman to drive tractor to Brussels to join farmer protest

IFA chief Gorman to drive tractor to Brussels to join farmer protest

NEWS 4 December 2025

ICSA Mercosur protest: ‘we don’t want compensation; we want a fair price’

ICSA Mercosur protest: ‘we don’t want compensation; we want a fair price’

ICSA Mercosur protest: ‘we don’t want compensation; we want a fair price’

NEWS 13 November 2025

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Farmers to protest in Strasbourg over EU budget and CAP

Farmers to protest in Strasbourg over EU budget and CAP

Copa has said that the EU CAP proposal crosses numerous red lines that jeopardise the future of the sector.

NEWS 23 May 2025

Watch: farmers' protest against imported grain at Louth port stood down

Watch: farmers' protest against imported grain at Louth port stood down

A group of IFA members gathered in Greenore Port, protesting at the unloading of a boatload of grain understood to have come from outside the EU.

NEWS 23 May 2025

Any inheritance tax win will be boring

Any inheritance tax win will be boring

The UK government has so far not moved an inch from its original plan for reforming inheritance tax.

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 May 2025

UK Government pressing ahead with IHT plans

UK Government pressing ahead with IHT plans

No changes have been made to the inheritance tax proposals set out in the autumn budget

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 May 2025

Community plans protest over solar and wind farms

Community plans protest over solar and wind farms

A number of rural community groups are joining forces in a new alliance seeking planning changes for solar and wind farms.

NEWS 23 May 2025

Partnership with farmers needed on climate change

Partnership with farmers needed on climate change

Teagasc climate advisor Seamus Kearney maintained that not all research is applicable 'to all farmers, all of the time'.

NEWS 23 May 2025

Farming News: future of CAP, surge in cattle exports and Dublin protests

Farming News: future of CAP, surge in cattle exports and Dublin protests

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NEWS 23 May 2025

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