Robert Handcock

@Joedev1956 And 40% of electricity generation comes from renewable sources mainly wind .

Was looking at the news while having the breakfast, Ireland has the highest cost of electricity in Europe, 46% higher than the average!! FFS

@TonightVMTV @think_or_swim For the agri sector: You can’t price people out of diesel when no viable alternative is available. While some electrical prototype low hp tractors have been developed, no high hp agri machines are available that would give the same run time as a full tank of diesel .

🗣️ “For some reason, the carbon tax… has become the piñata in rural Ireland,” says @think_or_swim. #TonightVMTV

Conditions are ideal in Kilkenny this evening ahead of Grass 2026 🚜 #Grass2026 Skip the queue and secure your tickets now by heading to grass2026.ie

Farm contractors working group inaugural meeting takes place farmersjournal.ie/farm-contracto…

@DarraghScott Bord Bia receives approximately €6 million annually from Irish farmers through levies applied to livestock slaughtered or exported.

How much do farmers contribute in statutory levies???

@PeteGDunne Yes you are correct. In 2018 when beast from the east hit the country, I gave 3 days clearing snow from regional and local roads for LCC. Only agri contractors and farmers had the machinery to get the roads open.

Was the moniker fake & gay invented for this guy? Here's one he neglected: in times of emergency, weather events & such like, what group can usually be called on & trusted to plug the service gaps & competences left by the state? Oh, yes, that right. Farmers. Small builders.

Can Irish farming continue to afford a pit silage system? farmersjournal.ie/can-irish-farm…

@nomorequangos You are correct.There is loyalty between farmers and contractors , however this is not fixed , this can change and there becomes a breaking point if price becomes more of a factor it can break the loyalty relationship.

Hauliers are price takers more than agricultural contractors. This is typical of ignorance that fucks up policy. There's a serious amount of loyalty between a farmer and his agri contractor. Not so with hauliers and big business run by accountants They'd drop you on s whim.

@CyclingForMind @TonightVMTV Yes there is an oversupply in the market retailers have also recently cut the price of milk and butter in the shops. Beef prices have also dropped recently.

@RobertHandcock @TonightVMTV Why are milk prices down? Is it because there is an oversupply?

🗣️ "The Government are going to need that money to deal with people with real problems." – Professor John Fitzgerald, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin #TonightVMTV

@PBresnihan @CMacCaba @CMacCaba a very good article. Can you DM me your email address i will send you some information on the agriculture contracting sector?

This is very good from @CMacCaba and one of the few piece's of analysis I have read that clearly links the fuel protests with Ireland's deeply unequal and dysfunctional grass-fed agricultural system. irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

@brianmlucey Your not the sharpest tool in the box 😂😂

I suspect if the Customs were to dip those agricultural vehicles doing slow rolling blockades a vast majority would be using marked diesel. Seizing a few of those vehicles would stop this pretty quickly.

@EmmeSummerlin @DavQuinn They are not leaders . They are career politicians.

@DavQuinn Martin, Harris, O'Callaghan, McEntee are failed leaders. They have failed the farmers, the truckers and the people. Unless Ireland puts in place a Michael Collins' type to lead the country, it will collapse.

Sean O Fearghail: "The antipathy amongst farmers directed towards Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is unlike anything I have ever witnessed in the past". (He gave this warning a fortnight ago. They didn't listen). thejournal.ie/analysis-gover…

@LeoForde The temperature is to plummet. Don’t take risks or make unnecessary journeys 🤣

TREACHEROUS conditions it could be •1 do not leave your homes. People will die. NATIONWIDE weather alert Sweet Jesus

@COSullivanTD No wonder FF are doomed FYI : Cats are hunters .

I’ve no issue with people having cats,but hearing their ability to kill wild animals being championed on a poplar evening current affairs radio show is very odd. It’s estimated they kill 16 million birds a year in Ireland. I think we need a bit more responsible messaging.

@Niall_Boylan The fact SH had to read an article in a paper outlining these issues is all you need to know about FG . If FG don’t do a clear out soon they won’t have a party left .

Can he not see his own words? He claims the pendulum has swung too far and that it’s time for it to swing back, yet his party under his leadership and alongside others is responsible for the division in society, the rising cost of living, the lack of housing, and the absence of a first-world healthcare system, immigration chaos, the shambolic presidential election etc etc among other issues . These people are delusional, yet the public keeps falling for it every time. The only reason they offer these soundbites is their fear of losing power

@ciaranmullooly FF & FG are no longer centre parties .

I sincerelycongratulate Catherine Connolly on the huge support she has received from the people of Ireland in the Presidential election. The people have spoken : I think the BIG take away from this campaign for me is the fact that our 2 main centre parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael combined together to unfairly BLOCK the participation of any other candidates - independent and otherwise, denying the general public their democratic rights and effectively forcing over 10% of the electorate to spoil their vote - for that behaviour I think they should be heavily penalised for time to come / they acted in a truly disgraceful manner, putting their own narrow political agenda before democracy and they should be ashamed for pushing so many people into desecrating the ballot paper because they simply felt they had no choice - I say this as somebody who had proposed a very fine independent candidate who simply couldn’t get the support of Oireachtas members or county councils because FF & FG blocked him. Shame on them - this can never be allowed to happen again

@MichealLehane Micheal Martin will come out of this meeting strong than he went into it . FF have no new up and coming leaders !!

FF meeting still running. The 44th speaker of the night now has the floor. It’s Jack Chambers.

@Pxfarms A few concrete road barriers in behind the gates will stop that .

Repairing rammed gates. Seems to be lots of bandits about.