Farmers not the priority for this Government

THE flight from the land is nothing new. In 1997 Ireland had 130,000 full-time farmers still ploughing the land and making a living from the business.

That figure was quoted by Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny in the Dáil two weeks ago. Since then figures have been slashed to 113,0000 he said.

Last week a report put the number of full-time farmers at just over 40,000.