The new Farmers' Alliance plan to run election candidates

"A lot of the farmers I’ve spoken to on the ground haven’t felt represented."
The new Farmers' Alliance plan to run election candidates

Spokesperson for the newly formed political party Farmers' Alliance Helen O'Sullivan on her farm in Droumsullivan, Bantry, Co Cork. Picture: Noel Sweeney

Sick of being tarnished as “environmental terrorists”, a suckler and drystock farmer based in West Cork has announced her intention to run for a new farmer-led political party in upcoming elections.

The Farmers’ Alliance organisation was launched in April this year. 

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