Joe McNamee: It’s been a long time since Ireland’s farmers were able to feed the island

Days of rural Ireland as the larder of the nation are gone

Dairy cows on the farm of Tomas Griffin, Timoleague Picture: Andy Gibson.

When the fuel protest blockades first began in April, the frustration, anger and fear was understandable, particularly from the farming sector.

However, it wasn’t long before any putative moral high ground was subsumed into the toxic agendas of right wing fringe elements in Ireland and around the world. At one protest meeting, a suggestion that Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg, should also be blockaded was shouted down: “He’s got nothing to do with it, so NO!”