‘I think we are beyond the worst of the crisis’

Political reporter Juno McEnroe talks to minister Simon Coveney.

Agriculture isn’t the most colourful portfolio to oversee. Similar issues haunt successive ministers such as EU farming payments.

But Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney strikes a fresh note, driving ahead with support for the growing agri-food sector. He lists off big-name companies who have thrown their millions into agricultural areas.