Difficulties in the pig sector debated
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, met with an Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) delegation led by president Tim Cullinan and the chair of the Pigs Committee Roy Gallie this week. Issues raised related to ongoing difficulties in the pig sector. The association’s pig committee held a protest in Tallaght, Dublin on January 17, 2022, to highlight the current “dire circumstances” in the sector, which sees costs increasing and…