No room for complacency over Nice, warns Phelan

THE head of Macra na Feirme, which largely represents young farmers, has warned the Government there is no room for complacency regarding the Nice referendum.

President Seamus Phelan issued the alert yesterday when revealing the results of a Macra/FBD survey of an elite group of the country’s young farmers on issues likely to affect them in the future.

He said the survey shows more than double the number of young farmers will vote yes in the Nice Referendum and 40% intend to vote in favour of ratifying the treaty. Only 18% plan to vote against it but 39% remain undecided. Only 3% indicated they will not vote.