Nitrates overkill is exposed

THE Irish Grassland Association last week made the most convincing argument yet in the campaign to deflect the worst consequences of the Nitrates Directive.

There was none of the hysterics which have featured in the campaign so far just solid information outlining why Ireland must be treated as a special case when applying a directive designed for an entire continent.

The Grassland Association have clearly set out, for the scientists who devised the Nitrates Directive, why it amounts to an environmental overkill in Ireland.