IFA protest backed by 490m

The Parliament’s intervention will make the unelected bureaucrats think twice before playing fast and loose with the EU’s citizens in trade negotiations.

IFA were on the button with their 24-hour protest at the European Commission offices in Dublin against free trade talks which could open the EU market to beef imports from South America.

Even as IFA’s 40 farmers staged their overnight sit-in, they were backed by more than 490 million EU citizens, speaking through their elected representatives in the European Parliament.