John Downing: How EU environmental targets are a ticking clock for Ireland despite farmers' angst

In the end it was a close-run thing played out to the background sounds of fierce street protests by farmers. The EU’s embattled plans to restore nature and wildlife in the coming decades just scraped the bar as they went over in a crucial European Parliament vote.

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