Farmers counting the cost of Storm Ellen call for new Minister to be appointed

“The department is in chaos - it has gone through two ministers in the space of two months"
Farmers counting the cost of Storm Ellen call for new Minister to be appointed

Cork and the south coast bore the brunt of Storm Ellen. Picture: David Creedon

Saturated and damaged crops were all that was left in the wake of Storm Ellen last week with one Cork farmer describing the situation as “a disaster”.

Ray Quinn, a tillage farmer from Nohoval, Kinsale spoke to the “Irish Examiner” about the devastation left on his 350acre farm after the storm made its impact felt on the farming community in Munster last Thursday.

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