Government will not extend period for spreading organic fertilisers

IT is not proposed to extend the spreading periods for organic fertilisers, Environment Minister John Gormley has told the Dáil.

He had been asked by Dáil deputies Jim O’Keeffe, David Stanton and Sean Fleming to extend the date beyond yesterday’s deadline of October 15.

Mr O’Keeffe, Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, said the date for farmers spreading slurry in the North has been extended to December and many farmers had requested a similar extension here.