2,000 farmers protest in search of action on cashflow woes

Three little pigs tucked into a pile of grain dumped by protesting farmers outside the EU Commission’s offices in Dublin yesterday.

The farmers were among more than 2,000 protesters from all over the country who called on the EU Commission to ease their cashflow woes.

Grain farmers have been selling their produce below the cost of production for three years, while dairy farmers have watched the price of milk fall by 40% in recent months.