Helen O'Sullivan: Tireless work and roadblocks, but it just wasn't working for Farmers' Alliance

Ms O’Sullivan said that up to 10 core members of the party have resigned with immediate effect

"In my time shaping Farmers' Alliance as a political group, I and my team have built the profile of the party and taken it from its infancy to the strong brand that it is now." Picture: Noel Sweeney

West Cork farmer Helen O’Sullivan has announced her resignation from the Farmers’ Alliance party after a year and a half of “tireless work”.

In August of 2023, sick of being tarnished as “environmental terrorists”, Ms O’Sullivan, a suckler and drystock farmer, told the Irish Examiner how she intended to run for the new farmer-led political party in upcoming elections.