IFA refute “rural failure” allegation

IFA has hit back at accusations that most Irish farming leaders have failed their members and rural Ireland.

At its recent Annual Conference, Irish Rural Link (IRL), the national lobby group for Irish rural development, targeted the farming organisations.

IRL Chief Executive, Seamus Boland, said: “Farming organisations and farmers are going to have to realise that they no longer hold a monopoly on rural policies and, for that matter, rural monies.