Aylward to produce EU sheep report

A former Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Liam Aylward, has been commissioned to produce a key report on the future of Europe’s €3.5 billion sheep sector.

The European Parliament’s agriculture committee asked Mr Alyward to prepare the report as the sector comes under growing pressure from lamb imports.

Mr Aylward is to invite sheep producers and processors from Ireland and other member states to attend a public consultative meeting in the Parliament in September.