IFA welcomes €5bn EU contingency fund for knock-on effects of Brexit 

 The IFA emphasised the difficulties Irish farmers will face post Brexit to Minister for Foreign Affair Simon Coveney in a meeting in May.

The IFA has welcomed a €5bn contingency fund for countries worst affected by the UK's departure from the EU. 

President of the organisation, Tim Cullinan, has welcomed the news, saying that the Irish farming and food sector, by virtue of its location, was left "particularly exposed" by Brexit.