THE Irish Farmers’ Association has called for farmers to be excluded from the Competition Act to allow them to negotiate prices with big supermarket chains.

The Drogheda Port company has today been given the go-ahead to develop Bremore Harbour in Balbriggan, at a cost of around €210 million.

A medieval long boat discovered lying on the bed of the River Boyne in Drogheda is to be taken from the water within days, it was revealed today.

Customs officers have seized a consignment of 2.3 million illegally imported cigarettes following a surveillance operation at Drogheda Port.

THERE’S a new Big Six in the grain market, after the Irish Competition Authority’s successful court case against half a dozen farmers, following an investigation into the IFA’s alleged “cartel” activities.

INSPECTORS from the Competition Authority yesterday swooped on the IFA head office in Dublin.

A dispute over the importation of cheap wheat into Drogheda Port has been resolved.

Farmers took to the streets today over the import of cheap imported wheat.