Sinn Féin in plea over GM crops

Agriculture ministers on both sides of the border were today urged to keep Ireland free of genetically modified crops and foods.

Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris, Fermanagh councillor Gerry McHugh and the party’s European Parliament candidate in Dublin Mary Lou McDonald called for a “simultaneous public consultation” on the issue on both sides of the border amid a fierce debate over the potential threat to human, animal and plant health.