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Analysis: farming promises in party manifestos
Pat O'Toole
With detailed manifestos from all the major parties listing specific costed policies for farming, what exactly is on offer?
20 November 2024 Forestry
Party manifestos avoid forestry's role in achieving net zero by mid-century
Fine Gael, Labour and Green Party strongest on a balanced ecological and commercial forestry programme, while Sinn Féin proposes native only tree species.
16 November 2024 Opinion
Opinion: the big election preview - part one
From Kerry across to Wexford and back again to Clare, here's a look at half the rural constituencies in the general election.
Live debate: candidates clash on suckler and ewe ‘auction politics’
There were differing opinions on how to support suckler and sheep farmers among politicians at the Irish Farmers Journal general election live debate.
14 November 2024 News
Greens under fire for vows to ban non-EU live exports and cut ANC
The Green Party's general election manifesto seeks a ban on live exports and reduction on ANC funding.
14 November 2024 News
Fianna Fáil pledges to deliver a farm retirement scheme
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal this week, Micheál Martin said the retirement scheme could be funded from the Exchequer and from the next CAP.
13 November 2024 News
McConalogue commits to €35/sheep if voted back in
The outgoing Agriculture Minister points to his achievements as Minister, and explains his plans for the next government's spend on farming.
13 November 2024 News
Martin pledges farm retirement scheme if elected
There is a need to facilitate farm retirement to have a much smoother and incentivised progression of young people into farming, the outgoing Tánaiste has said.
13 November 2024 News
Martin vows to fight for bigger CAP budget
"The EU does need more money to develop its work, but it can’t be at the expense of the CAP," Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin told the IFA national council on Tuesday.
12 November 2024 News
€350/suckler cow among Fianna Fáil’s election promises to farmers
Fianna Fáil outlined that if it was returned to government, it would approve €300m over five years to expand the tillage sector.
11 November 2024 News
Election boost for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
It may be the same again for the next Irish government, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil showing up well in our latest farmer survey. But who will be the mixer in the cocktail?
6 November 2024 News
General election: main coalition partners dominate farmer support
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil continue to gain the lion's share of support from the over 1,000 farmers surveyed in advance of the 2024 election.
6 November 2024 News