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Fri 08 Aug 2009Lobby group says Yes vote would jeopardise farm succession rights
A YES vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum would jeopardise farm succession rights and would also lead to a massive influx of Turkish farmers into the European Union, according to a farm lobby group which is campaigning against the treaty.
Chairman of Farmers for No and former chairman of the Irish Farmers Association in Longford, James Reynolds, also sharply criticised IFA president Pádraig Walshe for supporting the treaty.
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