The end to the recent impasse between the Irish Farmers Association and Bord Bia has been welcomed by the Minister for Agriculture.
A 28 day sit-in-protest at the Irish food board’s headquarters ended last night after agreement that a ‘governance review’ will take place into matters raised by the IFA in recent weeks.
“These farmers are heroes. They have sacrificed so much for their fellow farmers as have those who have kept a 24-hour rolling protest going outside,” Mr Gorman said.
Minister Martin Heydon issued the following online;
Irish Farmers Journal political correspondent, Pat O’Toole was at Bord Bia headquarters when the protest was stood down – he says there appears to be a sense of relief on all sides; “Relief that it’s over, relief that you know people should be on same side on things, especially issues like CAP reform and achieving a reasonable CAP budget, namely the Minister and the farm organsations, that they’re on the same side, that Bord Bia which is so key to farmers, are back on the same side, so I think relief is the overriding emotion”.
