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Briain Kelly, 1 Feb
Farmers will be taking to the streets of Galway today for a procession of
tractors to protest in solidarity with EU counterparts.
Dozens of tractors are expected to create traffic disruptions in the
streets of Galway on Thursday evening.
The protests are against the EU Green Deal/Farm to Fork policies which
they say are making it impossible for farmers to live.
The tractorcade will meet at Carnmore Cross at 5pm this evening, and make
its way through Galway City.
IFA President Francie Gorman said, “Farmers here have been watching the
protests across Europe. They are just as frustrated by what is happening
as farmers in other countries.”
“They feel they are being regulated out of business by Brussels
bureaucrats and Department of Agriculture officials who are far removed
from the reality of day-to-day farming.”
“Irish farmers are pro-EU, but there is mounting frustration about the
impact of EU policy on European farmers, and its implementation here in
Ireland. The general feeling amongst farmers across the EU is that ‘enough
is enough’”.