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Reaction to the farmers' controversial Dublin tractor protest

Shane Coleman and Andrea Gilligan bring you updates and commentary from the ongoing farmers' tractor protest in Dublin City Centre.

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13.57 27 Nov 2019


Reaction to the farmers' controversial Dublin tractor protest


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13.57 27 Nov 2019


There has been major disruption in Dublin’s City Centre today and yesterday evening after protesting farmers parked tractors in the streets around the Dáil, refusing to move until Government representatives meet them. Hannah Quinn Mulligan, News Correspondent with the Irish Farmers Journal, provided an update to Andrea Gilligan, before Shane Coleman interviewed former Dublin Lord Mayor and Dublin City Councillor Nial Ring, who gave his controversial opinion on the situation, before finally we heard from the protesting farmers live at the scene after they had a short meeting with the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.


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