Tomás Doyle

Dairy farmer
Co.Laois

[Noel Gallagher @NoelGallagher]

FINALLY!! UP MAYO!!

[David moore @davidmooredfoty]

@ConceptDairy @tirlan_ @TirlanFarmLife @Bordbia @farmersjournal @darraghmccullou so musgraves have increased the cost of 2 litre of milk from 2.68 to 3.02 cpl to the consumer - if a dairy farmer has to buy 2 litres of milk in the shop he has to now produce 8.5 litres of milk

[Ciaran Mullooly MEP @ciaranmullooly]

A derogation at what price?

Ciaran Mullooly MEP has described the latest information on the Nitrates Derogation—now
emerging from informed sources—as placing Ireland on an unfair and ineffective form of environmental parole.

It appears that the conditions proposed for extending the derogation from 1st January will be extremely stringent, leaving Irish farmers on some form of an environmental leash, while other sectors—such as local authorities and heavy industry—do not face the same level of forensic scrutiny.

Despite huge investment by irish farmers in new measures to help improve water quality, the European Commission seems intent on adopting an approach whereby any single breach of either the Habitats Directive or water-quality obligations—even when not attributable to agriculture—could jeopardise the entire derogation. That is an unacceptable and disproportionate burden to place on
the farming community at a time when untreated sewage is still flowing from
municipal sites directly to our rivers and lakes in many parts of the country.

Such an arrangement would represent much too high a price to pay for rural irelands key economic driver and may well reflect weak and ineffective negotiation on the part of our Government.

Ireland is fully entitled to a nitrates derogation based on its unique and award-winning grass-based beef model and the best available science.

I strongly reject the suggestion—implicit in
the Commission’s approach—that the Irish dairy and farming sector is somehow “guilty” for the sins of others and must now prove its innocence through an exhaustive and one-sided examination of water quality and habitats compliance.

Where has the principle of the freedom to farm gone?
Irish farmers deserve fairness, balance, and evidence-based regulation—not suspicion, double standards, and punitive conditions that disregard other sources of environmental pressure.

I await next Tuesday’s final decision on the derogation in Brussels with some trepidation and a great deal of scepticism . Farmers need a way to get on with their work - in producing high quality food and looking after the environment and we cannot put obstacles in their way that present a very serious road block to both objectives.

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[Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher]

Big announcement coming soon keep your eyes peeled

[Tomás Doyle @TomasDoyle1]

@Ladbrokes Kk8S2yw2wk2l. K

[Tomás Doyle @TomasDoyle1]

Cork are the new Mayo #GAA #AllIrelandHurlingFinal

[JRD @JRD0000]

We need to see more of this work ethic in the country. Didn’t even take a day off work to go to his sentencing hearing.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

Germany knock top seeds England out of the World Cup of Darts 🎯

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

What are the farmers planning?!?!?

[Ronald K. OBrien II @rko2milk]

GDT +4.8%

https://t.co/mXohjSzQhc

[Luke 'Ming' Flanagan @lukeming]

Most important debate on The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture. There are 8 government party MEPs in the EP. During the election they spoke of how it was vital to elect people who are 'serious' about the Parliament. Not a single one of them have turned up to speak.

[Dairy Industry Newsletter @DINtoday]

BUTTER AT 28-MONTH HIGH: The Dutch raised their official butter commodity price by €280 to €7,350/t—its highest level since Apr 2022. WMP is up €100 at €4,060/t, SMP (food) up €50 to €2,380/t and whey powder up €20 to €690/t. SMP (feed) was left unchanged at €2,340/t

[Balls.ie @ballsdotie]

@daraobriain needs to give up that comedy craic and go into the hurling punditry full-time 🏑

[Tomás Doyle @TomasDoyle1]

Basically a character introduction for a Ross O' Carroll Kelly book.

[Off The Ball @offtheball]

🗣️ 'Anyone but Leinster, to be fair!' 😂

@WhosAdrianBarry catches up with more than a few Leinster fans, and one Cork-born Northampton fan, after the #InvestecChampionsCup semi final! | 🏉

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[Trevor Birney @trevorbirney]

“Murder of a GAA Chairman”, Monday 9.35 pm, RTÉ. ⁦@FPF_Docs⁩ ⁦@RTEOne⁩ ⁦@loughran_clare⁩ ⁦@KRWLaw⁩ ⁦@EimhearONeill⁩ ⁦@AG_Tully⁩

[Tomás Doyle @TomasDoyle1]

@AgritechIreland @Aedraen @joeockyle @GreeneBenny

[Tomás Doyle @TomasDoyle1]

@Aedraen Looking forward to the ice skating

[Ronan @RonanCantSee]

RTE executives seeing Kneecap show support for Palestine