The Clare branch of the Irish Farmers’ Association is warning proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy could make cheap food production “impossible”.
Farming organisations from across Europe have gathered on Cardiff Lane in Dublin today to protest against a planned 2.4-billion-euro cut to the EU budget.
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The IFA estimates the reduction would result in a loss of 13-million-euro in funding for Clare farmers alone.
Clare IFA Chair Stephen Walsh is attending today’s demonstration and he’s been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan that adequate funding is essential to ensure farms remain viable.
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