Government 'turned their back' on sheep sector as IFA estimates €9m has been wiped off incomes in 2023

The IFA has said that at 1.5 lambs per ewe, sheep farmers have lost a further €21 per ewe.

IFA sheep chair Kevin Comiskey said that sheep farmers need to see what Government is prepared to do to support the sector in this crisis - "and we need to see it now". 

Government members have been accused of "turning their back" on the sheep sector as the Irish Farmers' Association estimates that a further €9m has been wiped off sheep farmers’ incomes already in 2023.

Prices to date average 64c per kg behind last year - which is €14 a lamb or €9m when applied over the lamb and hogget kill to the end of March, the IFA has calculated.