McGuinness warns banks not to push farmers ‘to the brink’

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness is urging banks to ease the pressure they’re putting on farmers over their financial affairs. The Midlands North-West MEP says farmers are under enough pressure at the moment with the various challenges in the agricultural industry. Last month the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee held a minute’s silence to mark the deaths by suicide of hundreds of farmers across the EU. Here’s Mairead McGuinness.

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