CLARE farmers could lose an estimated €12.6m a year in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments under current EU budget proposals, according to Clare IFA chair Stephen Walsh. Mr Walsh said the next three months would be critical in the campaign to secure a CAP budget that would underpin the future viability of Irish agriculture. As …
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*Junior Minister and Clare TD, Timmy Dooley (FF). JUNIOR MINISTER and Clare TD, Timmy Dooley (FF) will be leading the Government side in negotiations to try bring an end to the fuel protests which commence this Friday afternoon.
*Bord Bia Chair, Larry Murrin. AN EAST Clare councillor has rowed back on his calls for the Chair of Bord Bia to resign while Clare’s only female TD has doubled down in seeking Larry Murrin to step down.
*Caroline Lynch’s farm in Bridgetown. YOUNG people must be given an incentive if farming in rural Ireland is to continue says IFA and family and social affairs committee member Caroline Lynch.
*Siobhán McNulty, Director of Tourism Development with Clare County Council. Photograph: Eamon Ward WITHOUT AGREEMENT from landowners, the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk will not be able to exist, a senior official in Clare County Council has admitted.
FARMERS have said the option of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for the thirty six landowners along the Cliffs of Moher walk should be totally removed from a draft report on its fuure management.
THE IRISH Farmers Association are calling for robust measures to be put in place to curb dog attacks on sheep.
*Mark Dunphy and Francie Gorman. LAOIS BEEF and sheep farmer, Francie Gorman has been elected as the 17th President of the Irish Farmers Association and had a Clare man in his corner as part of his campaign.
Paula Carroll of Cuimhneamh an Chláir pictured with farmers at a ‘Weaving Stories Together’ session in Kilfenora. TRADITIONAL farming practices, the importance of the family farm, social isolation, and the advent of online marts are amongst the themes that have emerged in the ‘Clare Farmers Weaving Stories Together’ initiative.
*Leonard Cleary, Director of Tourism Development and West Clare Municipal District for Clare County Council, Sheila Browne, Project Co-ordinator, Cliffs of Moher Experience and Eoin Hogan, Rural Recreation Officer, Clare Local Development Company, pictured on the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk, which is the subject of a new management plan. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. A NEW …
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