Henry Walsh: Will any European candidate fight farmers’ cause in Brussels?

We need to think very hard about who we vote for in the upcoming elections

‘Overall, as the elections loom on June 7, it is difficult to know which candidates would do the most good on behalf of our region, our communities and for agriculture’. Photo: Hany Marzouk

Henry Walsh

I recently attended an IFA meeting in Claremorris to meet, listen to and question some of our MEP candidates.

12 of the 27 candidates contesting the five seats in the midlands/north-west region were there, including three of the four sitting MEPs.