240 farmers pocket €100k each under EU scheme

More than 240 farmers each received over €100,000 last year from the EU under the single farm payment (SFP) scheme.

The biggest winners were in Meath, where 39 farmers pocketed €100,000 or more under the scheme. Thirty farmers in Cork, 23 in Tipperary, and 18 in Kildare also received in excess of €100,000.

Figures from the Department of Agriculture show a further 416 farmers were paid between €75,000 and €100,000, while 1,390 farmers received payments of between €50,000 and €75,000 in 2011.