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Meat factories need to show 'more respect' to farmers - McGuinness

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness says the Irish meat factories needs to show more respect to farmers, amidst the dispute between the two sides over beef prices. Ms McGuinness made the comments at the European Parliament in Brussels after farmers staged nationwide protests outside meat factories demanding a better price for their animals. The Agriculture minister Simon Coveney is hopeful that a compromise can be reached. However Ms McGuinness says that the meat industry doesn’t appreciate enough the work farmers do.

Out words: something to farmers 

Dur: 39 seconds

Karen Coleman interviews Sinn Fein's Liadh ni Riada on EU red tape

EuroParlRadio's Karen Coleman talks to Sinn Fein MEP Liadh ni Riada about why she believes EU red tape is 'strangling' Irish fishing industries. Relates to two previous stories filed on this

Out words: at home

Dur: 3:05

 

Interview with Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes on France & Italy 'flouting' fiscal rules

Interview with Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes on France and Italy breaching EU fiscal deficit rules. Relates to previous 2 clips filed on this story.

Out words: anyway  

Dur: 4:37 

MEP Nessa Childers on Irish Water charges

Interview with Nessa Childers on Irish Water charges. Relates to two previous short clips filed on this story.

Out words: that process

Dur: 4:41 

MEP demands cuts to EU red tape for fishing trade

The Sinn Fein MEP Liadh ni Riada is calling for a reduction in EU red tape to help fishermen in Ireland. Ms ni Riada says the increasing layers of EU bureaucracy and rules are strangling Irish fishing industries.

Out words: at that

Dur: 00:37 

EU red tape ‘strangling the fishing industries’ – ni Riada

EU red tape is making life very difficult for those working in the Irish fishing trade. That’s the view of the Sinn Fein MEP Liadh ni Riada. Ms ni Riada says she’s trying to get the EU to cut the growing layers of red tape that fishermen have to deal with.

Out words: bit easier

Dur: 00:40 

France and Italy ‘flouting’ fiscal rules – Hayes

EU leaders are meeting again today in Brussels. It's expected that eurozone leaders will discuss the state of the euro economies.  An emerging concern is the way France and Italy are managing their budgets. There are concerns they are breaching EU debt-reduction goals and breaking pledges to bring their deficits within EU limits in 2015. The Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says Italy and France must toe the line like other Eurogroup members such as Ireland.

Out words: the road

Dur: 00:40 

Fiscal rules ‘must’ apply to all Euro countries – Hayes

A row is brewing between the EU commission and Italy and France over their national finances. Both Eurozone countries are being queried by the EU Commission over their budget plans. According to reports, their budgets risk breaching new EU fiscal rules which were adopted at the height of the Eurozone crisis. The Commission can return a budget back to its government for revision if it believes it’s non-compliant with EU rules. The Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says France and Italy cannot get away with breaking EU budget deficits rules.

Out words: of Europe

Dur: 00:36   

Irish Water charges ‘a disaster’ – Childers

The rollout of Irish water charges is a disaster that is coming at the wrong time. So says the Independent MEP Nessa Childers who was speaking from the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Ms Childers says the system of charging for water should be suspended until a better way of charging for water consumption is found.

Out words: inventing figures  

Dur: 00:42 

Clune raises plight of regional airports in European Parliament

The plight of rural airports has been raised in the European Parliament by the Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune. Ms Clune has asked the EU Transport Commissioner to investigate how support can be given to sustain airports in rural Ireland.

Out words: tourism benefits 

Dur: 00:30