Farmers Continue To Occupy Department Of Agriculture

Four farmers have spent a 5th night occupying the Department of Agriculture offices in Kildare Street in Dublin.

They’ve been staging a protest at the Department’s offices since last Wednesday, over attempts to ‘cap’ the crisis fund for grain farmers who lost crops to bad weather during last year’s harvest.

IFA president Joe Healy says farmers from around the country have been travelling to Dublin since last Wednesday to support them.