The Taoiseach, Minister for Environment and Minister for Agriculture will be visiting Clare today for the ICMSA’s Annual General Meeting. Leo Vardadkar, Green Party leader Eamonn Ryan and Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConolague are all expected to speak at the event which is kicking off at the Radison Blu Hotel at 2pm. The Mercusor Beef Trade […]
A Clare farming representative insists scrapping daylight saving time would be potentially hazardous for children who walk to school in the mornings. In advance of the clocks going back at the weekend, MEP for this region Seán Kelly renewed his call for the bi-annual time change to be done away with. Many people enjoyed either […]
Clare’s farming representatives claim they must be financially rewarded for the sacrifices they have made to keep up food production while achieving climate goals. On budget eve, calls are growing for urgent supports to sustain the over 6,000 farm holdings in this county alone. Although average herd sizes grew in the last year, emissions on […]
The Clare Chair of the Irish Farmers Association is calling for a secondary market for foods that don’t meet supermarkets current standards. It comes as the IFA has said the exacting criteria of supermarkets on fruit and vegetables are costing farmers a fortune. The organisation has found that around one fifth of vegetables in Ireland […]