Farmers from across the country are being called on to drive their tractors to Dublin as part of a protest.
The tractor protest is planned for 25 November, with one of the organisers telling the Irish Farmers Journal: “We feel we have been sold out at the factory gates. We won’t be leaving Leinster House until we get a deal from the Government.”
The tractor protest would be similar to recent farmer protests in The Netherlands and Germany.
A group spokesperson said that they are independent from any of the recently emerged farm organisations, but are seeking all seven farm organisations to row in behind them and lend their support to the protest.
Support
IFA UIster-north Leinster chair Nigel Renaghan has given his support to the protest.
“People and all the organisations need to park all their interests and work together for the benefit of farmers,” Renaghan told the Irish Farmers Journal.
“Self-interests should be put aside, what you need is working for the benefit of farmers.”
The unnamed group held a meeting in Athlone on Thursday 24 October and in a message circulated on social media following the meeting they stated: “From this meeting, 12 pickets were represented and a vote was passed and a provisional date was set for a tractor protest to hit Dublin.
“This is the individual farmer who is responsible for this and we acknowledge that no farming organisation group will be responsible for it.
“We all feel that going forward we all need to work together and this could be the perfect opportunity to show our Government that finally all farmers are united together, all farming groups are united together and together we are stronger.”
The protest is for all the farmers in Ireland, including sheep, tillage and beef farmers.
The issues listed include:
Injunctions.Base price.Carbon tax.Sheep farming.Bord Bia. Tillage and grain farmers.It is not yet known who is exactly behind the planning of the protest or whether it will gain support, but the organisers have stated that it is to be a quiet and peaceful protest, with participants in the protest required to be law abiding and obey the rules of the road.
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Farmers from across the country are being called on to drive their tractors to Dublin as part of a protest.
The tractor protest is planned for 25 November, with one of the organisers telling the Irish Farmers Journal: “We feel we have been sold out at the factory gates. We won’t be leaving Leinster House until we get a deal from the Government.”
The tractor protest would be similar to recent farmer protests in The Netherlands and Germany.
A group spokesperson said that they are independent from any of the recently emerged farm organisations, but are seeking all seven farm organisations to row in behind them and lend their support to the protest.
Support
IFA UIster-north Leinster chair Nigel Renaghan has given his support to the protest.
“People and all the organisations need to park all their interests and work together for the benefit of farmers,” Renaghan told the Irish Farmers Journal.
“Self-interests should be put aside, what you need is working for the benefit of farmers.”
The unnamed group held a meeting in Athlone on Thursday 24 October and in a message circulated on social media following the meeting they stated: “From this meeting, 12 pickets were represented and a vote was passed and a provisional date was set for a tractor protest to hit Dublin.
“This is the individual farmer who is responsible for this and we acknowledge that no farming organisation group will be responsible for it.
“We all feel that going forward we all need to work together and this could be the perfect opportunity to show our Government that finally all farmers are united together, all farming groups are united together and together we are stronger.”
The protest is for all the farmers in Ireland, including sheep, tillage and beef farmers.
The issues listed include:
Injunctions.Base price.Carbon tax.Sheep farming.Bord Bia. Tillage and grain farmers.It is not yet known who is exactly behind the planning of the protest or whether it will gain support, but the organisers have stated that it is to be a quiet and peaceful protest, with participants in the protest required to be law abiding and obey the rules of the road.
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