Ireland cannot continue with 'market-driven' agriculture system, says President

Ireland is now paying a "very high ecological price" for systems of agriculture imposed by the EU, President Michael D Higgins has said.

We cannot continue with a "market-driven" system of agriculture that focuses on volume and instead farm families will have to be subsidised for using land in an ecologically responsible way, the President said.

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