Farmers claim EU money for non-existant sheep

16 farmers in Northern Ireland, who are claiming EU sheep premiums, were found to possess no sheep at all after the foot-and-mouth cull earlier this year.

Farmers claim EU money for non-existant sheep

16 farmers in Northern Ireland, who are claiming EU sheep premiums, were found to possess no sheep at all after the foot-and-mouth cull earlier this year.

The North's Agriculture minister, Brid Rodgers, said farmers who claimed fraudulently would be penalised and possibly prosecuted.

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