Oireachtas and Stormont meet

THE first meeting between the Oireachtas and Stormont agriculture committees took place in Belfast yesterday.

World trade talks, joint approaches by ministers from North and south, co-operation on animal health and food safety and preserve and promote family farming were discussed.

Sinn Féin agriculture spokesman Martin Ferris, TD, said: “Given the role the EU has in determining policy it is vital there is the fullest possible co-operation between the two administrations and the two committees to ensure that Irish farming interests throughout the whole island are protected and advanced.”