Didn’t we know that farmers run this country

I’m at a loss to understand why people were so surprised to discover that the Secretary General of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Pat Smith was earning a salary almost twice that of the Taoiseach.

Didn’t we know that farmers run this country
Fri, 27 Nov, 2015 - 00:00
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Doesn’t everyone know that the IFA run this country – that when the farmers say ‘jump’, our spineless legislators ask ‘how high?’

Nuala Donlon

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