Ethical Farming Ireland In The News

Here are links to Ethical Farming Ireland’s (EFI) latest media coverage.

News Articles

• Irish Times – ‘Animal welfare group raises concerns over live exports‘ – January 2020.
• The Times (UK) – ‘Surplus calves may face slaughter‘ – January 2020.
• The Times (UK) – ‘Irish cattle sent to Middle-East on ‘blacklisted’ ships‘ – January 2020.
• The Guardian – ‘Ireland revokes licence of livestock ship operator over low performance rating‘ – February 2020.
• The Martime Executive – ‘Ireland Acts on Live Export Breach’ – February 2020
• The Independent – ‘animal rights groups join forces to challenge legality calf exports as capacity increases’ – March 2020
• The Guardian – ‘Sending animals to war zones’: Irish cattle export to Libya may breach laws – July 2020
• Sentient Media – ‘European Commission Accused of “Gross Cynicism” Toward Farmed Animal Welfare’ – July 2020
• The Animal Reader – ‘Ireland sends 2000 young bulls to war zone Libya, breaking animal welfare regulations’ – August 2020
• The Independent – ‘There’s one twist of the tail we rarely read about’ – August 2020
• The Times (UK) – ‘Irish cattle exports breach EU law’ – September 2020
• Irish Farmers Journal – ‘Ireland a frontrunner on live export welfare standards’ – February 2021
• Irish Examiner – ‘Animal cruelty billboard vandalised’ – February 2021
• Irish Times – ‘Live export of unweaned calves breaches EU animal welfare regulations’ – February 2021
• The Guardian – ‘Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time’ – March 2021
• journal.ie – ‘Opinion: Vulnerable unweaned calves need protection in our export trade’ – March 2021
• The Animal Reader – ‘Plans to fly Irish pigs to China heavily criticized’ – October 2021
• Agriland – ‘Letter to the editor: Ban on animal transport is groundbreaking‘ – December 2021
• Agriland – ‘Plans against animal transport proposals are ‘concerning’ – January 2022
• Agriland – ‘Ethical Farming Ireland launches new pig-awareness campaign’ – January 2022
• Agriland – ‘Ethical Farming Ireland to protest at Rosslare this weekend‘ – April 2022
• The Animal Reader – ‘Dutch minister concerned about transport of young calves from Ireland‘ – May 2022
• Farming Independent – ‘Dairy sector needs to gear up fast for the end of live exports by producing better calves’ – May 2022
• The Independent – ‘Lay of the Land: Time to end the horror and get on the right side of history‘ – June 2022
• The Irish Mirror – ”Hungry and stressed’ – We reveal the plight of thousands of animals exported live from Ireland’ – June 2022
• RTE – ‘Manner over transport of calves ‘amounts to animal cruelty’, court hears’ – July 2022
• Agriland – ‘Unweaned calf exports the focus of High Court challenge against minister and State’ – July 2022
• Independent – ‘‘Animal cruelty’ – calves going without food and water on 28-hour sea journeys, High Court told’ – July 2022
• Irish Times – ‘Unweaned calves being exported in breach of EU law, welfare group alleges’ – August 2022
• journal.ie – ‘‘Export loophole’: Irish cattle shipped from Spain on ‘substandard’ vessels‘ – August 2022
• journal.ie – ‘‘A slow, terrible death’: The fate of Irish cattle exported outside of the EU‘ – September 2022
• journal.ie – ‘‘Empty bellies’: Unweaned calves left without milk for long periods on journey to Europe‘ – September 2022
• Agriland – ‘Minister urged to end live animal exports outside of EU’ – November 2022
• Noteworthy – ‘Intensive farming set to ramp up if planned pig and poultry farms approved’ – December 2022
• Vox – ‘The biggest animal welfare crisis you’ve never heard of’ – January 2023
• journal.ie – ‘The sight of a tiny calf crammed into a trailer on top of a pile of others is sickening‘ – July 2023
• Agriland – ‘EFI submits animal welfare complaint on Irish live exports’ – November 2023
• Le Telegramme – ‘What is this maritime livestock carrier present in the Bay of Douarnenez?‘ – November 2023
• The Irish Mirror – ‘Dead cattle washed up on French beach’ – January 2024
• Agriland – ‘EFI submits complaint to EU over transport of unweaned calves’ – January 2024
• Farming Independent – ‘Department launches dairy beef action plan as animal rights activists put pressure on ferry companies‘ – January 2024
• The Irish Mirror – ‘Irish government says not feeding unweaned calves for over 19 hours during live export doesn’t suffering’ – February 2024
• Farming Independent – ‘Ferry companies cannot bow to pressure on calf exports’ – February 2024

Radio Interviews

Newstalk – ‘Sean Moncrieff Show’ – April 2020

Newstalk  – ‘Sean Moncrieff Show’ – July 2020

RTE – ‘Drivetime with Philip Boucher Hayes’ – July 2020

RTE – ‘Morning Ireland with Fran McNulty’ – February 2021

RTE – ‘Countrywide with Damien O’Reilly’ – February 2021

Newstalk – ‘Newstalk Breakfast‘ – October 2021

South East Radio – ‘Morning Mix with Alan Corcoran’ – June 2022

RTE – ‘Countrywide with Damien O’Reilly’ – June 2022

Newstalk – ‘The Hard Shoulder’ – September 2022

Newstalk – ‘Pat Kenny Show’ – December 2022

The Niall Boylan Podcast – ‘Do we really care about animal welfare?’ – July 2023

RTE – ‘Countrywide with Philip Boucher Hayes’ – November 2023

Today FM – ‘The Last Word with Matt Cooper’ – February 2024

TV Interviews

RTE – ‘One O’Clock News’ – February 2021

Agri insider – ‘Yates Debates’ – December 2022

EU Parliament 

ANIT committee hearing on the long distance transport of animals – March 2021

Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals: Structural Breaches of Regulation 1/2005 on the Transport of Unweaned Calves – January 2022