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Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has said that farm organisations, the government and rural representatives across Europe must prepare for a battle if significant cuts to the CAP budget are to be avoided. Carthy, a member of the European Parliament’s

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy, has said that the recent announcement on the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme increase is a step in the right direction.  But he has urged Minister Creed to secure further additional government funding to

Brexit is already presenting massive challenges for Ireland in terms of cross border trade, business and commerce and the challenges are most obvious in border counties, according to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy. He was speaking at the launch of a new

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy told delegates to the recent Special Sinn Féin Ard Fheis that those in political and media circles who questioned why Mary Lou McDonald’s election as Sinn  Féin President was unanimous, continued to fawn over a Taoiseach

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy recently said that Special Designated Status for the North of Ireland within the European Union is a live project and that all Irish parties must be unite in pursuing it. Carthy’s comments followed a news

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy welcomed the recent decision of the European Parliament to form a new special committee to examine the Paradise Papers revelations. Carthy, a member of the Panama Papers inquiry committee which presented its final report and

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has commented on the global volatility in stock markets, saying that it demonstrates the urgent need for structural reform of the largest banks. Carthy was speaking in Strasbourg following the sell-off that started on Wall

Sinn Féin MEP, Matt Carthy, has called on the Irish Government to demand an immediate halt to Mersocur trade talks after it emerged that the EU has increased its offer on beef quota to the South American bloc to 99,000t.

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy, has said that the Government’s ideological obsession with privatisation lies at the root of the current chaos in the National Broadband Plan. His comments followed the withdrawal of Eir from the Broadband Plan procurement process.

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy welcomed the publication of the Financial Secrecy Index by the Tax Justice Network, updating its previous index published in 2015. Carthy, who has been a member of the European Parliament’s inquiry into the Panama Papers,