On what was one of the worst mornings of the year with snow and ice, about 100 farmers turned out in County Leitrim for a protest over the Department of Agriculture's fodder scheme.
It's was organised by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association outside the Department of Agriculture offices in Drumshanbo.
Farmers handed in a letter for the minister to the department's office there.
The protest came in advance of the minister's visit to Leitrim on Wednesday.
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President of the INHFA, Sligo farmer Colm O'Donnell, spoke to Ocean FM News just as the protest ended today:
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