Airport comes to aid of struggling farmers

Cork Airport has stepped in to help farmers still struggling with the fodder crisis.

Airport managers have allowed farmers and machinery on to the airfield to cut and bale grass growing alongside its runways. Similar grass cutting took place at Shannon and Dublin airports in recent weeks.

It will help 10 farmers in the area who, despite the recent dry, warm weather and the distribution of imported fodder stocks since mid-April when the crisis was at its worst, are still struggling.