CAP simplification to benefit 20,000 Irish farms
Legislation is due shortly on other simplifications proposed by the Commission, along with amendments to Ireland's CAP strategic plan.
At least 20,000 Irish farmers will be among those across Europe to benefit from CAP simplification.
But environmentalists are not pleased, with 140 organisations publishing an open letter in which they say they are horrified that so many politicians across Europe are "threatening the basis of life on earth" in order to provide "false solutions to farmers’ hardships".
