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06 Sept 2025
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The Government remains committed to backing farmers in the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition 2 areas (GAEC).
Speaking in the Dáil last night, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue referred to "unsubstantiated claims, which had been made that farmers on these lands would be disadvantaged in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Minister McConalogue has moved to "dispel these claims, once and for all".
He spoke following a Private Members Motion brought by the Rural Independents regarding the negotiations around the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Minister McConalogue said: "I was privileged to farm upland, lowland and carbon-rich GAEC2 soils and I will unashamedly back these farmers.
"The position of the Council of Ministers will deliver the most security for these farmers along the Western seaboard", he concluded.
The Explorers Education Programme is funded by the Marine Institute and managed by Camden Education and Galway Atlantaquaria
The Creeslough Community Association Links Hub is part of the former Cope Hardware premises located on the village’s Main Street
Relay for Life takes place in Letterkenny each May
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