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Fri 11 Nov 2008Cap deal the best going, says Smith
MINISTER FOR Agriculture Brendan Smith has said Ireland could not have got a better deal on the Common Agricultural Policy than the one reached by EU ministers in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Mr Smith said the compromise would deliver about €170 million in aid to Irish farmers over the next five years.
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