Delivering for rural Ireland will be the main focus of a special conference on Agriculture and rural Ireland, which gets underway this morning in Kildare.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be joined by Fine Gael Government Ministers to discuss a range of issues including ‘Farming and the next Generation’, and the EU and Food Security.
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heyden said while farmers had a difficult year there were still many opportunities they can avail of.