Rural Life
Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has welcomed the inclusion of an Irish representative on the new EU Expert Group on Farmland (EGoF).
Tillage
Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called on the European Commission to provisionally “exempt fertilisers” from its carbon tariff scheme.
An Irish MEP has said that she will support amendments to a EU regulation in order to ensure it allows people to use cash instead of cards.
An Irish MEP has heaped praise on the 'community café' initiative which aims to address loneliness and isolation in rural Ireland.
Agri-Business
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called on Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to defer the splash plate ban.
Beef
An Irish MEP has said that the proposed delay to the EUDR will be "good news" for the Irish beef sector if ratified.
Agri Politics
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú is to raise the concerns of Irish farmers with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
An Irish MEP has said that a proposed new EU rule on deforestation is "a threat to the Irish beef industry".
A European election candidate has called for planning exemptions to convert unused farm buildings into accommodation or farm shops.
MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called for small farmers who have renovated units on farms to be exempt from legislation on short-term lets
