Picket on Taoiseachs office from tomorrow morning

Connemara Farmer

Farmers will begin a picket of Enda Kennys Constituency office in Castlebar from tomorrow morning at 11am.

This >unfortunate< action has come about due to major difficulties for hill & commonage farmers in new Dept. of Agriculture proposals.

The main issues are:

50% collective agreement prior to entry into GLAS. (Now massaged into nicer words "Management Agreement").
Linking Min/Max numbers to SFP which will have knock on effects of requiring a planner for SFP & the likelihood of no environmental programmes for hill & commonage farmers in future CAP agreements.

The picket is organised in such a way that no farmer participating in any team should have to picket for more than one day per month. The hours are from 11am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday.

The picket will end upon proper resolution of the outstanding issues, how ever long that may take.

No extra monies are being sought, only work on the details so as to give hill & commonage farmers a fair and level playing field.

Anyone wishing to participate can contact myself via PM.


Addition to second point re SFP, changing definition of "active farmer" with possible effect of ruling some out of SFP with little chance to redress situation.

Muckit

Any chance you'd organise one for beef while you're at it???


Kind regards
Muckit

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Any chance you'd organise one for beef while you're at it???


Kind regards
Muckit

One thing at a time Muckit jeez

on the river

Will the tea and sandwiches be provided?

Connemara Farmer

on the river wrote: »

Will the tea and sandwiches be provided?

Not a chance, but a lunch break will be provided to buy your own

Which reminds me I never bought sammich making stuff today #morningpanic.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Not a chance, but a lunch break will be provided to buy your own

Always thinking of the troops....What a guy

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Always thinking of the troops....What a guy

Self funded operation :eek:

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Self funded operation :eek:

Typical connemara resident

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Typical connemara resident

Lol at least you're told it's your own money you're buying the sandwiches with at our gig

on the river

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Lol at least you're told it's your own money you're buying the sandwiches with at our gig

Don't worry REGGIE agreed to buy for the troops ;-)

Reggie.

on the river wrote: »

Don't worry REGGIE agreed to buy for the troops ;-)

Oh yeah pick on the good looking guy

micraX

Muckit wrote: »

Any chance you'd organise one for beef while you're at it???


Kind regards
Muckit

Vegetables next

Connemara Farmer

Muckit wrote: »

Any chance you'd organise one for beef while you're at it???


Kind regards
Muckit

micraX wrote: »

Vegetables next

We will be taking registration for good causes tomorrow, form an orderly Q outside Enda Kennys office tomorrow at 11am.

PS you must being minimum 100 farmers per cause to be considered

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

We will be taking registration for good causes tomorrow, form an orderly Q outside Enda Kennys office tomorrow at 11am.

PS you must being minimum 100 farmers per cause to be considered

I like your style

Farmer Pudsey

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

We will be taking registration for good causes tomorrow, form an orderly Q outside Enda Kennys office tomorrow at 11am.

PS you must being minimum 100 farmers per cause to be considered

Did you do a bit of reseeding earlier this year Con-nemara or have I the wrong man.

Reggie.

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Did you do a bit of reseeding earlier this year Con-nemara or have I the wrong man.

Sssssh you can only whisper his name

Connemara Farmer

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Did you do a bit of reseeding earlier this year Con-nemara or have I the wrong man.

It didn't go to plan, lad making the atv roller took off, it's made now but yet to get delivery. Sprayed off, but no seed in ground so far! Don't mention the war type situation

Mac Taylor

Good luck tomorrow.

Brown Podzol

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

It didn't go to plan, lad making the atv roller took off, it's made now but yet to get delivery. Sprayed off, but no seed in ground so far! Don't mention the war type situation

Glad to have you back. Best of luck with the campaign.

mayo_lad

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Farmers will begin a picket of Enda Kennys Constituency office in Castlebar from tomorrow morning at 11am.

This >unfortunate< action has come about due to major difficulties for hill & commonage farmers in new Dept. of Agriculture proposals.

The main issues are:

50% collective agreement prior to entry into GLAS. (Now massaged into nicer words "Management Agreement").
Linking Min/Max numbers to SFP which will have knock on effects of requiring a planner for SFP & the likelihood of no environmental programmes for hill & commonage farmers in future CAP agreements.

The picket is organised in such a way that no farmer participating in any team should have to picket for more than one day per month. The hours are from 11am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday.

The picket will end upon proper resolution of the outstanding issues, how ever long that may take.

No extra monies are being sought, only work on the details so as to give hill & commonage farmers a fair and level playing field.

Anyone wishing to participate can contact myself via PM.


Addition to second point re SFP, changing definition of "active farmer" with possible effect of ruling some out of SFP with little chance to redress situation.

Ye caused him enough bother anyway


http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20558:rams-held-in-kennys-office-cause-ruckus&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

Reggie.

mayo_lad wrote: »

Ye caused him enough bother anyway


http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20558:rams-held-in-kennys-office-cause-ruckus&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

Be some craic holding on to two rams in an office

Connemara Farmer

Rams weren't us, shows that others were unhappy to though.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Rams weren't us, shows that others were unhappy to though.

Not a bad idea to take on board

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Not a bad idea to take on board

No I'd have a different style for things like that

Connemara Farmer

New account so can't post pics but they're on twitter @ConnemaraFarmer

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

No I'd have a different style for things like that

I'll be up with the slurry tanker shortly

rangler1

Reggie. wrote: »

I'll be up with the slurry tanker shortly

Thought there would've been a bigger crowd for the first day.
good turnout at Mc Ds in Kilkenny today

Connemara Farmer

rangler1 wrote: »

Thought there would've been a bigger crowd for the first day.
good turnout at Mc Ds in Kilkenny today

Its called strategy. Rolling picket with predefined teams. One day wonder is no use. We saw that in Dublin.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Its called strategy. Rolling picket with predefined teams. One day wonder is no use. We saw that in Dublin.

Have to agree that would be a better strategy.

Charliebull

con, will ya hold up some sort of a slogan for the TV so we can recognize you on the news

Connemara Farmer

Charliebull wrote: »

con, will ya hold up some sort of a slogan for the TV so we can recognize you on the news

Beardy lad with no collective agreement sign.

Charliebull

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Beardy lad with no collective agreement sign.

should have guessed, not to many of you conemara boys are fond of the aul razor

make sure you stand up straight as well, there is a lad down in waterford who will be gauging your height, he was on about a spot of hurling with you when the DAS payments come out;)

Connemara Farmer

Charliebull wrote: »

should have guessed, not to many of you conemara boys are fond of the aul razor

make sure you stand up straight as well, there is a lad down in waterford who will be gauging your height, he was on about a spot of hurling with you when the DAS payments come out;)

Better bring his shin guards, not that they'll help him much.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Better bring his shin guards, not that they'll help him much.

Trust you to aim below the belt

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Trust you to aim below the belt

Sure if you're going to a fellas knees that's where you have to aim.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Sure if you're going to a fellas knees that's where you have to aim.

No such thing as an auld shoulder eh

Roundbale

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Beardy lad with no collective agreement sign.

You look like a young Gerry Adams, should help the cause!

Connemara Farmer

Roundbale wrote: »

You look like a young Gerry Adams, should help the cause!

Credit where it's due, the shinners have been at every meeting and event.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Credit where it's due, the shinners have been at every meeting and event.

Any wonder they are getting more popular

Roundbale

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Credit where it's due, the shinners have been at every meeting and event.

You'll find that with opposition parties, they support everything because they have to deliver nothing. I'm sure lads were saying that about labour and FG five years ago.

Connemara Farmer

Roundbale wrote: »

You'll find that with opposition parties, they support everything because they have to deliver nothing. I'm sure lads were saying that about labour and FG five years ago.

I'll have to be like RTE now and a bit balanced but our FG Galway West TD Sean Kyne was at Westport too, and he's put in genuinely trojan work on our behalf.

Muckit

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Credit where it's due, the shinners have been at every meeting and event.

As the local SF lad up this neck of the woods would say ' we're not everyone's cup of tea, but by God we're a strong cup!'

ABlur

Sheep getting a mention on 9 o clock news

Connemara Farmer

ABlur wrote: »

Sheep getting a mention on 9 o clock news

<--- beardy lad that was in the background. Fame, fame at last..........

whelan2

or here http://www.agriland.ie/news/coveney-gives-ground-commonages-protests-continue/

on the river

Ya the bearded lad is a real hipster whoever he is :-)

Connemara Farmer

The tshirt was my second placard

on the river

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

The tshirt was my second placard

Ya really suited you.

Connemara Farmer

New crew going in again tomorrow at 11am, I won't be there but hope to post more photos on @ConnemaraFarmer on Twitter.

We're in it to win it.

Connemara Farmer

Picket day 2, 34 Hill farmers protesting outside Enda Kennys office.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Picket day 2, 34 Hill farmers protesting outside Enda Kennys office.

Little to be at ya have