The Clare Chair of the IFA insists Ireland’s beef sector will flounder without EU aid, if Britain crashes out of the EU.
It comes as British MP Michael Gove has stated that in the event of a no-deal exit, tariffs will be imposed on food imports to protect British farmers’ incomes.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture estimates that will cost €1.7 billion to Ireland’s agri-food sector overall.
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Our beef sector alone will be hit with €800 million in export tariffs, at a time when the price of beef is already leaving farmers seriously concerned for their income.
Willie Hanrahan has been telling Clare FM’s James Mulhall that a no-deal scenario will see beef prices slashed even further:
