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All the latest opinion and comments on the Irish agricultural industry from the Farmers Journal editorial team.

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

There is a logic to having higher, not lower, taxes on the big trucks which have been blocking the country’s roads.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026
Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen
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