€2.4million payments being made to Clare beef farmers
FINE Gael TD Joe Carey has confirmed that more than €2.4million is being paid to Clare beef and suckler farmers under the Beef Data and Genomics Programmes (BDGP). “These payments are in addition to the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme for Sucklers (BEEP-S) and Dairy Beef scheme payments that issued last week and further payments will […]
Funding boost for Burren Food Trail
THE Burren Food Trail is among 19 agri-food tourism projects that will share a funding package of almost €300,000 from this year’s Rural Innovation and Development Fund. Confirming the allocation of €10,780 to the Burren Eco Tourism Network, Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey said that the Government’s ten-year strategy for the agriculture sector, ‘Food Vision […]
Clare TD urges Minister to ‘review’ mart restrictions after online system crashes
Clare TD Joe Carey has written to Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue urging his department to adopt a more “common sense” approach to restrictions at marts to help protect farmers’ incomes during the pandemic. Deputy Carey spoke out after chaos ensued at 16 marts across the country, including Sixmilebridge, over the weekend when one of the […]