Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor on 24 November 2021
Letter: what does the UK want?
"Does the UK government want a Cold War with the EU?" – John Bruton, Co Meath.
Letters to the Editor on 24 November 2021
Letter: misconceptions around solids payments
"To create a system that pays two farmers differently for exactly the same quality of milk is against the ethos of a co-op" – Peter Conway, Strangford, Co Down.
Letters to the Editor on 17 November 2021
Letter: the forgotten farmers of Ireland
"The minister wrote in your paper if he ever got into power he would help us" – Niall Ryan, by email.
Letters to the Editor on 17 November 2021
Letter: Ireland's ambitious climate action plan
"If a tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean rubbed us out altogether, it would make almost no difference whatsoever to the global problem of climate change" – Frank Mockler, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Letters to the Editor on 17 November 2021
Letter: a call for action on ash dieback
"I urge all affected by ash dieback to reconsider their options" – Simon White, Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Ltd (LTWO Ltd), Nantenan, Askeaton, Co Limerick.
David Wright on 17 November 2021
Everyone wins with ‘solid change’
Farmers, processors and the environment will all benefit from a payment system based on milk solids.
Letters to the Editor on 10 November 2021
Glanbia shareholder expresses concern
‘Selling part of the co-op's 32% share in Glanbia plc looks financially unwise at the current share price.’ - James Kennedy, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Letters to the Editor on 10 November 2021
Letter to the minister urging support for Irish tillage farmers
Open letter to the Minister for Agriculture – Bill Shanahan, Waterford grain rep, IFA
Letters to the Editor on 10 November 2021
Letter with observations on COP26
‘Saudi Arabia has pledged net zero by 2060 but no plan to exit oil!’ – Richard Moeran, Co Cavan.
Siobhán Walsh on 8 November 2021
Carbon emissions calculation '30 years out of date'
Professor Myles Allen has stated that the carbon footprint calculations are misleading and that reporting warming impacts on global temperature would be much more reflective of what’s happening.
Letters to the Editor on 3 November 2021
Letter: action needed to save Brazil’s rainforests
‘We have a temperate climate and can produce the best grass-fed beef cattle and dairy cows on the planet’ – Emma Fitzgerald, 8 Westgate Park, Wexford.
Letters to the Editor on 3 November 2021
Letter: action needed to replace ash trees
‘Ash dieback - are people aware that this disease is now rampant in the natural landscape right throughout the country?’ – Liam Feeney, Glenlower, Glencar, Co Sligo.
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