IFA urges Taoiseach to stop sell-out

IRISH FARMERS’ ASSOCIATION president John Dillon urged Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a meeting in Government Buildings in Dublin last night to harden his stance on the world trade talks.

He said he also urged Mr Ahern to stop the sell-out of Irish farm families by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and to stand with French President Jacques Chirac in opposing the latest EU offers in the talks.

Mr Dillon said British Prime Minister Tony Blair had tried many times to destroy the Common Agricultural Policy in the past 10 years.