FARM groups in the North and in the Republic have met to examine aspects of Europe’s new dairy package which could mitigate against net exporters like Ireland.

THE severity of the dairy income crisis in 2009 has been recognised by a High Level Group (HLG) on Milk, which the European Commission set up last year.

Information Commissioner Kevin Murphy hit back at Justice Minister Michael McDowell yesterday over criticisms of his involvement in the Freedom of Information Act row.