Farmers get €530k compensation for fodder damaged by flooding

PAYMENTS worth almost €530,000 have so far been issued to 256 farmers whose fodder was damaged in the devastating winter floods.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith disclosed the figures in a written reply to a Dáil question from Labour Party spokesperson Sean Sherlock.

Thousands of acres of land were saturated last November as a result of the most severe flooding in 50 years.