Agriculture

Tillage farmers in need of ‘urgent assistance’ in face of climate change

Micheál Martin says there is ‘real angst and concern’ in the farming community amid inordinate levels of rainfall

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste and minister for foreign affairs said he was “beginning to think” that there needed to be “discrete polices” in addition to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to support farmers and the rural community. Picture: Conor McCabe