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RURAL DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT BE OUT OF POCKETS OF FARMERS
Date: February 14, 2007
RURAL DEVELOPMENT WAS CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS BUT FUNDING FOR IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE POCKETS OF FARMERS.[more]
MANDELSON PREPARES FOR W.T.O. CONCESSIONS
Date: January 31, 2007
A written answer given today Wednesday, January 31st by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to Independent MEP Marian Harkin raises real fears that European and Irish agriculture will be sacrificed in a panic attempt to reach a...[more]
COMPLIANCE NOT JUST FOR FARMERS
Date: January 30, 2007
The fact that a Co. Kilkenny farmer is now in a stronger position to compel the Irish government and relevant agencies to focus on animal health problems he has encountered on his farm was a tribute to the concern which the...[more]
NITRATES DECISION UNFAIR
Date: November 14, 2006
NITRATES DECISION UNFAIR FOR PIG,POULTRY & MUSHROOM SECTORS SAYS HARKIN[more]
EU COMMISSIONER'S PRIVATE VISIT SLATED
Date: September 25, 2006
The fact that information regarding the itinerary of a public visit by the EU Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer-Boel to the North and West of Ireland was classified as private and unavailable to a local MEP, was...[more]
HARKIN WARNS ON MANDELSON W.T.O. CONCESSIONS
Date: July 7, 2006
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was challenged in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, July 6th to state the limit he was not prepared to exceed to secure a World Trade Organisation deal through concessions on...[more]
LITTLE SYMPATHY IN BRUSSELS FOR FARMERS SAYS HARKIN
Date: June 15, 2006
The representatives of the ICMSA and ICSA who met EU Agriculture Commissioner Marianne Fischer Boel in Strasbourg on Tuesday were given no encouragement that imports of Brazilian beef would be curtailed.[more]
BRAZILIAN BEEF
Date: June 12, 2006
Speaking in the European Parliament on Monday, June 12th, Marian Harkin MEP said:-[more]
FIANNA FAIL FAILED ON NITRATES DIRECTIVE SAYS HARKIN
Date: February 27, 2006
Independent TD and MEP Marian Harkin has strongly refuted the accusation of Fianna Fail Senator Eamon Scanlon that she was scaremongering about he EU Nitrates Directive and accused him of having a typical Fianna Fail strategy to...[more]
MEP DENOUNCES UGLY FACE OF GLOBALISATION
Date: February 23, 2006
The attempt by multi-national companies to totally control the world seeds market represented the ugly face of globalisation and had to be opposed. [more]
