This afternoon.
Dunsany, County Meath.
Irish Farmers Association President Joe Healy (third right) with colleagues and protesters as they burn a bail of hay outside the European Commission – Food and Veterinary Office (FVO). over the Mercosur deal.
Update:
All better.
Phil Hogan in hearing at EP AGRI committee. I challenged him on Mercosur, he responds that I should be concentrating on Brexit???
For record I work on both issues but this is latest example of his unsuitability for role! pic.twitter.com/NQ1IOjvkZx— Matt Carthy MEP (@mattcarthy) July 23, 2019
This is the most rattled I’ve seen @PhilHoganEU since he accidentally revealed the Irish budget.
Struggling badly here on #MERCOSUR— Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan (@lukeming) July 23, 2019
This afternoon.
Brussels, Belgium.
Agricultural Committee, The European Parliament.
More as we get it.
Farmers protesting outside Leinster House yesterday
Govt defeated on an proposed amendment to the SF motion against the EU-Mercosur deal – SF’s motion, carried, calls on the Government to use “all legal and political means available to frustrate and thwart the deal”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 11, 2019
Related: Fianna Fáil to support Sinn Féin motion to reject Mercosur deal (Newstalk)
Yesterday: Wellington Waterloo
