IRISH FARMERS MUST PREPARE CONTINGENCIES AGAINST MAJOR THREAT POSED BY BREXIT, SAY EXPERTS
June 1st, 2017
WITH the UK having triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, starting the two-year countdown to its exit from the EU, maybe no group outside the UK has more at stake than Irish farmers.
“Brexit presents the most serious threat to Irish farming and our agri-food sector in the history of the state. With 40 percent of our food exports going to the UK, no other member state and no other sector is as exposed,” commented Joe Healy, president of the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA.
The key priority for the agriculture sector in coming negotiations are ...
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