Fresh pressure on Coveney over beef price crisis The IFA has threatened to make the beef price crisis an election issue as new figures show that Irish producers have experienced price declines up to six times greater than their EU counterparts over the past year, reports Martin Ryan. ‘The Minister appears to be completely under-estimating the level of frustration and anger at farm level,” said the IFA’s livestock chairman Henry Burns. ‘With the local and European elections around the corner, the beef crisis will be a major political issue.’ European sport horses being ‘dumped’ in Ireland Import regulations for sport hoses may be overhauled following claims that the current Showjumping Ireland rules have led to an influx of unproven and ‘cast off’ sport horses from the Continent, writes Siobhan English. The claims come as Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney rejected calls for an urgent cull to deal with the surplus of sport horses in Ireland. West Clare vet on horror discovery on Doonbeg beach Soaring animal disposal costs could lead to an increase in the illegal dumping of carcasses a vet has warned following the discovery of seven cattle and calf carcasses on a west Clare beach last week. ‘It was not a case of these animals falling off a cliff,’ said vet Fergal Hennessy. ‘It was dumping of carcasses by farmers who should know better.’
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:12:28 +0000
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