€13.7m crisis funds for Irish farmers

Ireland has been allocated €13.7m of the EU’s €420m farm crisis national aid.

Each country’s allocation is based 80% on milk quotas, to reflect the significant drop in ilk prices paid to farmers across the EU over the past year.

The remaining 20 % is based on assisting farmers hit by the fall in pigmeat prices, the Russian ban on EU foods, and continental summer drought effects.