The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is to hold an election forum in Letterkenny and all EU candidates in the Midlands-North-West constituency are being invited to participate. The meeting in the Clanree Hotel is on Monday May 27th at 7.30pm and all those interested in the future of agriculture are invited to attend. Malcolm Thompson, Chair of the ICSA in Donegal said the forum will give the farming community and other interested parties an opportunity to learn what strategy each party or candidate is proposing for the five years ahead as the new parliament is elected. Confirming that the panel will be quizzed about the need for Ireland to be exempt from the EU Nitrates Directive given that our national footprint is one tenth of one percent of the global population, Mr. Thompson says that the country will have to elect the right candidates to Brussels to ensure that the voice and demands of rural Ireland are a primary objective. Mr. Thompson said “Farming and its related food production interests are going to face many crucial decisions in the new EU Parliament and many of the ongoing changes are not in our best interests. Ireland’s farm sector raises the best livestock and sheep on a predominantly grass fed diet: we’ve never had factory farming and if our farm methods are not recognised for the quality and production, we in the ICSA are demanding to know why the industry is being penalised with EU regulations and farm inspections,” he stated.
03-October-2024
03/10/2024
