Delayed payments causing serious hardship -　 Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth says the Agriculture Minister has lost touch with ordinary farmers and is urging him to ensure that payments due under Rural Development Programme schemes are made without delay. New figures released to Fianna Fáil reveal the RDP underspend for 2016 now stands … Continue reading Farmers under severe pressure as RDP underspend tops €200m