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Irish consumers are placing increasing importance on supporting local food producers, with 84% saying buying Irish matters when doing their grocery shopping, according to new research conducted by Amarach Research on behalf of SuperValu. The findings come as SuperValu and Centra announce the continuation of their sponsorship of Guaranteed Irish Food & Drink Month this June, celebrating the quality, innovation and community impact of Ireland’s food and drink sector.

Galway County Councillor Thomas Welby has confirmed he will run in the upcoming bye-election as an Independent candidate.

Independent Ireland Galway West candidate Noel Thomas has warned that the Government’s increasingly soft approach to the EU–Mercosur trade deal risks undermining food standards that people rely on every day when shopping, working and raising families.

Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly and Agriculture Spokesperson Michael Fitzmaurice TD have tonight issued a united national call to action, urging farmers, farming organisations, co-ops, agri-businesses, meat factories, feed merchants, rural businesses, rural workers and public representatives of all parties and none to stand together at a national demonstration due to take place in January in opposition to the Mercosur trade deal.

The scene of the Sunday morning breakfast table in Biarritz at the beginning of the recent G7 summit was a sobering one for Irish viewers. President Donald Tump and prime minister Boris Johnson, leaders of the two countries that would traditionally be considered our main allies, egging each other on in pursuit of a hard Brexit that would be detrimental to this country.