Sinn Fein TD Accuses Irish Government of "Failing the People of Ireland" on Mercosur Deal - 09/01/2026

Earlier in the programme we spoke to Independent Ireland MEP, Ciaran Mullooly, about the Mecosur deal vote taking place today. The Irish Government will vote against the controversial Mercosur trade deal, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste confirmed yesterday. In a statement, Tánaiste Simon Harris said that following negotiations with the EU on the deal, Ireland does not find the additional measures “sufficient to satisfy our citizens”. We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Louth farmer and IFA member Edward O’Malley, who gave us his thoughts on the Mercosur deal and about how it will affect himself and other local farmers if it passes. We aslso heard about a tractor run taking place tomorrow in Dundalk in support of the large anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone on Saturday. We were also joined by Wicklow Wexford Sinn Fein TD, Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin, who says that Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have “failed the people of Ireland”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.