Simon Coveney, TD

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD met with the Irish Farmers Association today to discuss the current issues in the beef sector.

Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, today officially opened the annual Connemara Pony Festival in Clifden, Co. Galway.

The first meeting of the new Commonage Implementation Committee will take place on Tuesday 26th August, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, announced today.

Building on previous discussions, Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney invited his Northern Irish counterpart Michelle O’Neill to Dublin to discuss issues currently facing the beef sector on both parts of the island.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. will, together with the Taoiseach, lead a delegation of Irish agri-food companies on a trade mission to Japan this weekend.

After years of lobbying Minister Coveney strongly welcomes the new approach from US authorities which opens the door for Irish and European beef imports.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today concluded a week long visit to the Gulf States with a speech to the Dubai Irish Business Network, and an audience of potential buyers and business partners at Bord Bia’s Taste of Ireland Green Box Competition in Dubai.

Irish Seafood Exports Increase by Over 20% in 2012.