Funding for farm schemes will be burning election issue

IFA leaders put thoughts of their own elections in April aside this week.

Instead, they launched their submission to the national political parties and Dáil candidates, ahead of the 2016 General Election, which will take place sometime in the next 12 or 13 weeks.

IFA National Chairman Jer Bergin correctly informed the parties and general election candidates that the viability of family farms remains under threat from lower CAP supports and greater exposure to volatile world markets.