Farm protest at Coveney office

West Cork farmers who have been hit with penalties to their single farm and disadvantaged area payments will stage a peaceful protest at Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney’s office in Carrigaline next Saturday, November 29, at 10 am, organised by the West Cork Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association and the West Cork Communities Alliance.

Many farmers who have been penalised say they are living in fear of extra, retrospective penalties, and one of their demands to the Minister is to remove the threat of retrospection.

West Cork Communities Alliance Secretary Margaret Peters said farmers in the area are the worst hit in Ireland by Department of Agriculture decisions deeming their land ineligible for direct payments.