Hundreds protest against farm cuts at Taoiseach’s constituency office

Hundreds of farmers protested against budget cuts outside the constituency office of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Castlebar, Co Mayo, yesterday morning.

Mayo IFA county chairman Pardraic Joyce said: “The cuts by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to farm schemes have delivered a hammer blow to all farmers, and especially the low-income livestock sector.

“Government TDs have a responsibility to their farming constituents, whose work is underpinning jobs and economic activity across rural Ireland.”