WTO enough to deal with

MAJOR policy making such as the introduction of the Nitrates Directive should cease, while the future of Irish farming is being thrashed out in Geneva and in capitals around the world where World Trade Organisation talks continue.
WTO enough to deal with
Thu, 02 Mar, 2006 - 00:00
Stephen Cadogan

It was insensitive of Environment Minister Dick Roche to rush to sign the Directive into law before Christmas.

It wouldn’t happen in our software or pharmaceutical industries, nor construction either.

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