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Minister says animal burials restricted and must be licensed

DEAD ANIMALS cannot be buried on farms except in exceptional circumstances and only under licence, according to the Minister for Agriculture. Brendan Smith was responding yesterday to calls from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to allow farmers to deliver their animals to rendering plants, hunts and kennels and to allow burials in remote areas designated for the purpose.

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Minister says dairy industry will recover

MINISTER FOR Agriculture Brendan Smith has said that new investment, additional quota and innovation were at the heart of the Irish dairy industry and would drive it on to greater success in the future.