Farmers protest in 'flash action' at European Commission offices against  removal of Cap budget

Alice Doyle, deputy president of the IFA, and Edward Carr, president of ICOS, at a protest outside EU Commission offices in Dublin on Tuesday morning against the stripping away of the CAP budget. Pictures: Colin Keegan/Collins 

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) and the group representing co-ops held a protest in Dublin on Tuesday warning against a plan to to remove the Cap budget in favour of a once-off funding approach to the EU budget.

Farmers and farming representatives took part in the "flash action" at the European Commission offices on Tuesday morning.