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Irish sheep farmers raise New Zealand FTA concerns

Sheep farmers said plans to allow in more New Zealand sheepmeat was yet another blow

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
Irish sheep farmers raise New Zealand FTA concerns

Plans to allow an additional 38,000 tonnes of sheepmeat into the European Union from New Zealand have been branded as ‘yet another blow' to Irish sheep farmers at a time when prices were already dropping...

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