With Monday's farm council focusing on the proposed trade agreement with Mercosur South American countries and further measures to address the crisis on dairy and other commodity markets, we look back at the proposals put forward by Joe Healy, Henry Burns and Flor McCarthy at the Irish Farmers Journal live broadcast debate on 1 April.

Editor Justin McCarthy asked them how they would promote the interests Irish farmers on European issues such as the postponement of final superlevy payments. Watch their answers below:

Watch the full debate here

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