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An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discussed CAP, Brexit and Mercosur in an exclusive interview with Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy.

With the news that the secretary general of the Department of Agriculture Aidan O’Driscoll, is to leave his role to take up the same position with the Department of Justice, our correspondent Pat O’Toole looks at the impact that will have and who could replace him.

IFA Monaghan chairman Frank Brady updated Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert on the latest meeting of farmers left unpaid by the collapse of Castleblayney Mart.

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