🇪🇺🇮🇪 This week was a great opportunity to show colleagues from across Europe the efficiency of Ireland's grass-based farming system, the work underway to improve water quality, and the commitment of Irish farmers and researchers to innovation.
Barry Cowen MEP
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Barry Cowen MEP
@CowenBarry
Member of the European Parliament for the Midlands North-West constituency | @fiannafailparty | @reneweurope
Joined December 2011
- Replying to @CowenBarryThe presentations showcased the innovation, sustainability and world-class standards that underpin Irish agriculture and food production — a sector we can be immensely proud of.
- 🇮🇪🇪🇺🐄 Delighted to welcome my Renew Europe colleagues to Teagasc Food Research Centre in County Cork this afternoon to give them a real flavour of what Irish farming (and Irish weather) is all about!
00:00 - 🇪🇺🧑🌾 Farmers will not be able to make the sort of environmental commitments they want to without the EU Commission tackling input costs.
00:00 - 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Delighted to meet Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD in Cork this morning. As Renew’s lead negotiator, I updated him on the need to close the proposed 20% CAP funding cut & maximise Ireland's co-financing contribution. Fianna Fáil & I will be at the forefront of delivering on each.
- 🇪🇺📚 After a visiting primary and secondary schools for #EuropeDay last month, I can safely say I don’t worry about the next generation’s enthusiasm for Europe!
00:00 - 🇮🇪👮♂️ Garda representatives deserve the same full seat at the table as nurses, teachers and other public servants.
00:00 - 📢🐄 I've a simple principle: if you make a claim and can't back it up, you should retract it & allow the debate to move on. MEP Mullooly has failed to provide evidence for his claim that contaminated Brazilian beef was served in Irish schools. It's not too late to withdraw it.
00:00 - 🇪🇺🇮🇪 Events like last week’s Seanad session with MEPs are good for democracy. It helps bridge the gap between Brussels and home. I’d like to see more of it, including appearances before relevant Oireachtas committees.
00:00 - ✅🇪🇺 I welcome confirmation that the first draft of the AGRI Committee’s report on the next CAP will be published next week.
- 📹 Watch: In Brussels this week, I helped launch Progress Ireland's new report, it was a busy week at the Agriculture Committee and I also hosted an event on the future of the bioeconomy in Europe.
00:00 - Replying to @CowenBarryRead more about the launch and report in today's Irish Daily Mail: extra.ie/2026/06/04/new…
- 🇪🇺🏠⚡ Last night in the EP, I hosted the launch of @ProgressIreland's new report on why EU reform is essential to delivering more housing & infrastructure. Ireland cannot solve this through decisions in Dublin alone. I’ll be at the forefront of the reform effort in Brussels.
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