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Irish representation on Barnier's negotiating team
Irish representation on Barnier's negotiating team

I'm astonished at how so many in Ireland still believe that there is some greater competence in Europe, that somehow when it comes to good governance and good decision-making, they are just so much better than us.

10 years on from the Blanket Bank Guarantee... Ballyhea Says Know
10 years on from the Blanket Bank Guarantee... Ballyhea Says Know

Luke Ming Flanagan MEP and others to joined march in Cork village, organised by local community since 2011, to renegotiate the debt resulting from the bailout.

Banning Unfair Trading Practices
Banning Unfair Trading Practices

The adoption by the AGRI committee of rules to combat Unfair Trading Practices in the agri food sector is a welcome move, even if it is long overdue. 

A simpler, fairer CAP, promised Commissioner Hogan, does it deliver?
A simpler, fairer CAP, promised Commissioner Hogan, does it deliver?

As it stand the current proposal on “fairer payments” is meaningless and disingenuous, a master class in deception

Fighting Before Feeding
Fighting Before Feeding

After all these years of peace we are now to become a war machine and we are to sacrifice our ability to feed ourselves to do it.

CONFERENCE: Generating a Return from High Nature Value Land
CONFERENCE: Generating a Return from High Nature Value Land

Friday 4th May 2018
Bush Hotel, Carrick-On-Shannon

First steps to tackle an age old problem
First steps to tackle an age old problem

This softer approach combined with National Governments’ traditional unwillingness to take on the vested interests, will allow enough latitude to big multinational to circumvent, obstruct and undermine this Directive.

Fund the medicine
Fund the medicine

Vera Twomey and her family have climbed a mountain in order to get access to a medicine which has improved their daughters life above and beyond all expectations.

Meeting with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on INM's appointment to Fake News Group
Meeting with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on INM's appointment to Fake News Group

The appointment of Stephen Rae of the Independent News Media (INM) to that European Commission HLEG was the source of major concern in Ireland, especially among those familiar with the actions of the major shareholder in INM, Mr Denis O’Brien.

PESCO is not about peace, it is in preparation for EU wars.
PESCO is not about peace, it is in preparation for EU wars.

The Taoiseach must reverse the decision he took in December 2017 to join PESCO and should instead re-orientate Irish foreign policy to neutrality and to what Ireland and her Defence Forces can do best to tackle conflicts and save civilian lives today, UN peacekeeping

 

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I had the honour of attending the Ballyhea Says Know March to highlight the 10th anniversary of the ‘bailout’. Sadly the obscenity of burning billions continues unabated.
At the last Strasbourg session at an extraordinary meeting of the AGRI committee we passed a policy which will help farmers get a fair price for their produce. Could be better but at least it’s a start. Now for the trialogue discussions with the other two legs of the EU stool. @ep_ireland @europeanparliament @guengl @farmersjournal @agriland.ie @deptofagriculture_irl
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