IFA President Calls On Farmers To Accept Shannon Pipeline Deal

Each farmer and landowner is set to receive around €100,000 on average.

Either take the deal, or take a worse deal.

That's the warning from IFA President, Ballinakill's Francie Gorman on the Shannon Pipeline compensation package being offered to his members.

Last week the Irish Farmers Association reached an agreement with Uisce Eireann over the project which will see a pipeline running from Parteen Basin in Tipperary through Offaly, Laois, and Kildare all the way to Dublin.

Farmers and landowners are expected to receive an average of €100,000 each.

The Laois man says every farmer affected needs to be aware of the details:

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