The chair of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) livestock committee, Brendan Golden, has called for political pressure to be maintained to swiftly resolve the halting of beef exports to China

There are times when trying to win a battle means you lose the war. The debate about the derogation from the Nitrates Directive is one of those occasions. Farming is a big part of who we have been and who we are. It has a big and important future.