IFA Leader, Son Travelling to Brussels Protest by Tractor

IFA president and son, 11, travelling to Brussels by tractor as part of protest

Francie Gorman and his son Tom set out from the Irish Farm Centre in Bluebell, Dublin on Monday morning.

IFA leader, son travelling to Brussels protest by tractor

The President of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) and his 11-year-old son are travelling to Brussels by tractor as part of a Europe-wide protest.

Laois IFA President and his son set off by tractor for Brussels protest

IFA President Francie Gorman, accompanied by his son Tom (11), will depart on a tractor from the Irish Farm Centre this morning to arrive in Brussels on Thursday for the Europe-wide farmer protest organised by the European farm umbrella body COPA COGECA. The President and Tom, from Ballinakill, will stop off at a number of points to meet farmers along the route from the Farm Centre to Rosslare, where they will catch a ferry that evening to Dunki…