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4,000 farming Rosses actor delighted
livelihoods at with highest viewership
risk - Downey
THE livelihoods of more than four
thousand farmers in Donegal are be-
ing put in jeopardy as a result of pro-
posed cuts to the REPS scheme.
Speaking in Donegal this week, IFA
Presidential candidate, Mr Eddie
Downey, a former Chairman of IFA’s
National Farm Business Committee
said the proposed shut down of REPS
will result in income cuts for more
than 4000 Donegal farmers by an av-
erage of €6,000 each per year.
According to Mr Downey this will
damage the economy and the envi-
ronment of Donegal, and will cause
the high environmental standards
that have been achieved to crumble.
“If REPS goes, it will take years to
make up the ground that will be lost
in protecting our environment. Farm-
ers are angry that the government is
prepared to sacrifice farmers’ liveli-
hoods and a REPS budget equivalent
to just 6c for every €100 that will be
spent bailing out our banks following
years of reckless and wasteful lending
to property interests.”
He went on to state: “The govern-
ment is choosing to abandon the
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REPS without a plan or programme to
allow REPS III farmers transfer to a
new environmental scheme. The in-
come losses that will result will be
very damaging. Not only will there be
a direct income cut but, for many
farmers, REPS payments have been
pledged to support bank loans drawn
down to invest in pollution control
and necessary environmental protec-
tion works. As a result, REPS farmers
and their families will face financial
difficulties and I fully expect a signifi-
cant increase in the number of farm
families seeking help from the IFA
and the Money and Budgeting Advi-
sory Services to renegotiate the terms
of their bank borrowings.”
Mr Downey said most of the REPS
money paid to farmers goes directly
to protecting our environment.
“Farmers spend half of their payment
on the costs of keeping their farms to
a high standard. An additional one-
third of their payment goes on plan-
ning and compliance costs. This
leaves just one sixth of the payment in
the farmer’s pocket for the work,” he
said.
NEWS Monday, October 5, 2009
No it’s not the Mulkerrin Brothers...It’s those likeable Donegal rogues, the De Barra brothers who are always up to mischief
in TG4’s Rásaí na Gaillimhe with (centre) Rannafast’s Hughie McGarvey.
BY SEÁN P. FEENY Don Wycherley, Ruth Bradley, viewership of the biggest movies
Frankie McCafferty and the Ran- around Christmas.”
FIGURES released last week have re- nafast man Hughie McGarvey, with The feedback at home in the Ross-
vealed that TG4’s newest drama the average audience over the whole es has also been great.
Rásaí na Gaillimhe received the high- programme being 92,000. “I was at the Cabaret Craiceailte in
est ever viewership for a drama on Speaking to the Donegal News, the Húidaí Beag’s the other night and
the Irish language station. Donegal actor said he could not be people were coming up and telling me
Rásaí na Gaillimhe made an imme- more delighted for the makers of the how much they have been enjoying
diate impact with viewers, the first show. Rásaí which makes it an even better
programme in the series was the “It’s such a fantastic drama and as feeling to have been part of such a
most viewed original drama on TG4 soon as I heard the news, I sent our di- great production and cast,” he said.
to date. rector Robert [Quinn] a message con- You can see Rásaí na Gaillimhe,
223,000 people tuned in at some
stage to watch the show which stars
gratulating him. He told me that the
ratings were in fact up there with the
Wednesday nights at 9.30pm only on
TG4 and repeated on Sunday, 9.25pm.
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