Mayo candidate calling on farmers 'to protest at the ballot box'

A MAYO independent candidate has stressed that farmers are getting an opportunity that they haven’t had for some time in the west this weelend..

Founder of Ireland’s Future, Gerry Loftus, is calling on farmers to consider carefully before they vote tomorrow.

He elaborated: “I would be concerned about traditional voting patterns. Farmers are getting an opportunity that they haven’t had for some time in the west and that is to get representation at goverment level, which is critical in the current climate.

“If we don’t get sufficient representation at government level, especially in the west, I would fear the worst for sucklers and sheep.

“They are after our land; they want our animals gone and they want to use our land in the west of Ireland to store carbon.

“This is the real protest, the protest at the ballot box, and if farmers don’t support it how can they ever complain again?

“How can they ever protest outside factory gates or indeed outside the Dáil, if they fail to support the protest at the ballot box? It would be pointless,” he concluded.