Letters to the Editor: Teagasc has displayed a conflict of interest

Organisation hosted conference in Dublin in 2022 at a cost of €45,000 to the taxpayer

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Questions are again being raised regarding conflicts of interest by Teagasc, our State advisory body, in relation to the Dublin Declaration. Teagasc hosted this conference in Dublin in 2022 at a cost of €45,000 to the Irish taxpayer. Much of the thinking and framework underpinning this conference have been refuted in a significant, evidence-based analysis recently published by independent scientists.

Independent is the key word.