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Tipperary farming: IFA says it's time to put an end to Mercosur talks

With EU Commission officials in Montevideo in Uruguay this week to reconvene the Mercosur trade talks, IFA president Joe Healy said the time had come for EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan put his foot down and tell Trade Commissioner Malmstrom ...

10 Sept 2018 at 19:30

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Tipperary farming: IFA protest over proposed Mercosur deal on beef

The IFA protested this Wednesday morning outside the EU Commission offices in Mount Street in Dublin over the EU Commission’s proposal to offer Brazil and other South American countries further access to the EU market for beef and poultry as part ...

04 Oct 2017 at 14:30

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Tipperary farming: EU should scrap Mercosur while Amazon burns

It is time the EU Commission stood up to Brazil's President Bolsonaro and told him bluntly that Europe will not tolerate the burning of the rainforests to clear land for more beef exports as part of the Mercosur deal, according to IFA national ...

23 Aug 2019 at 11:23

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Tipperary farm leader Pat McCormack says Mercosur decision can avert 'catastophe' in beef sector

The decision that any trade agreement between the Mercosur group and the EU will now have to be ratified by the parliaments of each individual member state has given Ireland a perfect opportunity to stop “a potentially catastrophic ...

31 May 2018 at 19:00

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Calls for 'immediate' ban following scandal revelations

ICSA president Patrick Kent has said he was shocked to hear EU Commission officials admit in the European Parliament that they only found out about the Brazilian meat scandal via press reports. Mr Kent was in attendance at a ...

23 Mar 2017 at 09:00

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Tipperary farming: Taoiseach's French visit is an opportunity to support Macron on Mercosur

IFA President Joe Healy said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s first visit to France this Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron was an opportunity to discuss the Mercosur negotiations and strongly support the tough stance taken ...

24 Oct 2017 at 19:00

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Tipperary farming: Brazil failing to hit EU standard amid reports of 'bribery'

Brazil does not have the same traceability standards as EU producers. This was the main conclusion of a report by the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture following a recent visit by a delegation of MEPs from the ...

23 May 2018 at 18:00

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Tipperary farming: ICMSA and IFA say Mercosur talks need to be 'parked'

Two of the country's leading farm organisations have called for any deal on Mercosur to be parked following the EU's decision to delist 20 Brazilian meat processors. The decision showed the “commercial and environmental ...

25 Apr 2018 at 19:00

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Tipperary farming: Taoiseach urged to intervene in Brussels to stop Mercosur

The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has been urged to intervene at the highest levels in Brussels to stop a bad EU-Mercosur trade deal, which would do untold damage to our €3bn beef and livestock sector. “In view of the major ...

19 Jun 2019 at 18:30

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Tipperary beef farmers say government ignoring their plight despite Dail protest

Tipperary beef farmers, members of the Beef Plan movement, say the government is ignoring last week’s farmers’ protest and is ‘setting sail into the summer recess’. They say it is one week on since the Beef Plan ...

19 Jul 2019 at 10:22

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Tipperary farming: IFA insists on no Mercosur deal until Brexit negotiations end

IFA President Joe Healy has said EU Commission President Jean Claude Junker and Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan must deliver on their commitment to put Ireland first in Brexit and ensure that there is no ...

13 Jul 2018 at 18:00

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Tipperary farming: any deal on Brazilian beef under Mercosur would be 'toxic'

Any EU deal on beef with Brazil in the Mercosur negotiations is toxic, according to IFA president Joe Healy. He called on the EU Trade Commissioner Celia Maelstrom to come clean and reject the environmental ...

09 Dec 2017 at 19:00

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