EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness was the guest speaker at an event in the Irish Farm Centre in November to mark 50 years of Irish farming in the European Union.

IFA president Tim Cullinan met EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at an event in Brussels, where they discussed the importance of working with farmers in meeting the climate challenge.

IFA president Tim Cullinan met US President Joe Biden at the State dinner in Dublin Castle to mark his visit to Ireland.