EU Commissioner says focus should be on farmers worst affected by nitrates limit

Mairead McGuinness, Ireland’s European Commissioner (Damien Storan/PA)

Ireland’s EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has said that the focus should be on farmers who will be worst affected by the new nitrates limit.

Ireland is one of three EU member states that has been granted a derogation to enable some farmers to work to a higher nitrate limit than is applied in the rest of the bloc.