EU funding summit: positives and negatives for Ireland

Micheál Martin expressed his satisfaction with what had been achieved at the EU recovery plan summit in Brussels, but has been quizzed by opposition parties since he arrived home. Picture: Johanna Geron via AP

Depending on who you ask, the marathon EU summit has either left Ireland at the top of the queue for crisis funds or languishing at the back with cuts to supports for farmers among others.

A special €5bn Brexit reserve fund will no doubt be of particular help to Ireland but the Common Agriculture Policy - funds so valued by farmers - and the Rural Development Fund were both cut.