Stephen Cadogan: Luck of the Irish has saved us from worst of EU crisis

Low milk prices and falling beef price cuts at the factories, and poor harvest prospects, are clouding the outlook for Irish farmers.

However, farmers in most other EU member states are hurting the most, and need early relief measures from the EU — offering the prospect of a rising tide that will lift Irish boats also.

Announcing that he will join the European farmer demonstration in Brussels on September 7, IFA President Eddie Downey said current loss-making prices across farm sectors are not sustainable, and cannot be allowed continue.