A candidate in the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) presidential election has warned Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue not to attend the National Ploughing Championships without his chequebook.
Martin Stapleton was joined by Limerick IFA supporters for a protest outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Maine (DAFM) in Dublin this morning (Tuesday, September 5).
He is demanding that Minister McConalogue reverse the decision to delay scheme payments to farmers. Minister In March , the department confirmed that payments relating to Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) will be pushed back by a month to October 17, while […]
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