Any bid at EU level to restrict dairy output must be resisted, warns IFA

Decisions by the EU cannot hamper dairy expansion in Ireland, the Irish Farmers’ Association warned yesterday.

Its president, John Bryan, speaking at Virginia Show in Co Cavan, said critical issues are down for decision at a major debate on the future of dairying, organised by the European Commission in Brussels next month.

The outcome cannot derail the opportunities for Irish dairy farmers to expand when quotas are abolished after 2015, he said.