The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness is
urging banks to ease the pressure they’re putting on farmers over their
financial affairs. The Midlands North-West MEP says farmers are under enough
pressure at the moment with the various challenges in the agricultural
industry. Last month the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee held a
minute’s silence to mark the deaths by suicide of hundreds of farmers across
the EU. Here’s Mairead McGuinness.

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The Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune is urging
Irish people in Britain and British people in Ireland to register to vote for
the June Brexit referendum. The Ireland South MEP says it’s essential they
ensure they’re registered to vote if they want the UK to remain in the European
Union. 

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An EU trade deal with the Mercosur bloc
of South American countries could decimate the European beef sector. So says
the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness. She’s concerned the EU is willing to
sacrifice certain sectors of the agriculture industry in Europe to secure a
comprehensive trade deal with the Mercosur countries.

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