Donegal Sheep farmer, Local Elections Candidate and Podcaster Niall McConnell talks to the Irish Political Roundup during Independent Irelands “ No To Mercosur Protest” In Athlone, Co West Meath.
The No to Mercosur Protest was organised within 10 days by the Independent Ireland Political Party. Thirty thousand people attended the No To Mercosur Protest. With no reported incidents.
Castlefinn, farmer who attended the protest, told the Irish Political Roundup “that the “ Mercosur Trade Deal is going to destroy Irish farmers as we know it.”
Hundreds of thousands of tons of beef, poultry is going to be imported to Ireland coming from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
That’s going to be the nail in the coffin for Irish farming for Irish who are the backbone of the Irish economy.
Sheep Farming and The Wool Trade:
Discussing the Wool Trade In Ireland was once our respected indigenous woollen clothing industry which many designers now say is disappearing. Wool is not worth what it once was.
Noel told the Irish Political Roundup “what farmers do is wool really as farmers just burn it. It’s worthless. You know that that’s really what happens to wool Irish Sheep farmers get little to nothing for rule for wool.
Wool is not even thought of by a sheep farmer, you know, but the Irish farmer really need to wake up here.
“Irish farmers, they’re the backbone of the Irish economy. And like, if we don’t stand up now, we will lose our livelihood, our children.
I have children. I’ve got a dog in the fight. I have two young children.
My father is a farmer. I’m farming his farm. And like what I see happening now is just the annihilation of farming.
When my father told me as a child around our feeds in Castlefinn, you would see different crops, potatoes, all sorts of vegetables, beetroot being grown. Now, there’s none of that happening.
Now, this is just a nail in the coffin regarding the beef industry. We (Irish Farmers) are not self sustainable anymore like we used to be.
Food Resources – supplies and food security:
We import potatoes from I think from Israel. We import potatoes and onions from Spain, etc. We don’t we produce very little bar beef. Because the one thing that we’re really good at is producing beef and now they want to destroy that. It’s just the annihilation of our main food sector in Ireland.
I just don’t understand how the government can really support it”
Nail ran as a candidate in the June 2024 election, securing 1,127 votes before being eliminated in the sixth count. Nails Contact and social media contact details below.
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Independent Ireland, a new political party since the 2023. organised the “No To Mercosur Protests as mentioned above was attended by aprox 30 thousand people from all over Ireland from rural communities, villages and towns of every county along with the city’s and urban areas.
Never before has Ireland come together in such numbers to send a clear concise message to the Irish government.
Who are Independent Ireland?
Independent Ireland, maybe, a relatively new political party, which was formed in 2023, by Cork Deputy Michael Collins and Limerick Deputy Richard O’Donoghue.
Independent Ireland may be a newly established party. However, it has a wealth of experienced political representatives who have been long-established elected TDs and local county councillors who took the leap of faith from other political parties to join Independent Ireland.
The Independent Ireland Political Party is formed with independent political representatives, where there is no party whip.
Independent Ireland has 4 elected TD’s to Dail Eireann (Ireland’s House of Parilment) one MEP and 23 county councillors across Ireland,
Why Are People Concerend About Ursula von der Leyen ‘ Mercosur Trade Deal’
This Mercosur Trade Deal will allow unregulated cheap Brazilian beef to be imported into Ireland at the cost to the Irish people’s health and wellbeing, the farming agri food industry and our very own food security, food safety and food supply which is of the highest quality and standards of beef recognised worldwide.
This Mercosur Trade deal will impact our very own home-grown food supply, food safety and our capability to supply home-grown food supply, which is detrimental to our nations citizens health. the health of our children and future generations to come.
Credit to : Irish Political Roundup