"No Cap Cuts" Rally Taking Place Today

It's taking place close to the Convention Centre where European leaders are meeting for a second day. 

Farmers across the Midlands have been taking part in a No CAP Cuts campaign ahead of a major rally in Dublin today.

It's taking place at Clayton Hotel on Cardiff Lane, close to the Convention Centre where European leaders are meeting for a second day. 

The campaign has seen IFA County Executives creating ‘No CAP Cuts’ messages across the country, including a message ploughed into a 40-acre field beside Dublin Airport.

Meanwhile, farmers in the Midlands have also been showing their support, ploughing thewords nto fields and arranging farm machinery to spell out the message.

Laois IFA Chair, Henry Burns says it is important to get the message out there:

 

IFA President and Ballinakill's Francie Gorman, says CAP has been cut by 24% despite the overall EU budget increasing by 68%: 

Laois IFA as parr of the "No Cap Cuts Campaign."

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