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Tue 03 Mar 2009'Cow tax' idea dismissed as nothing more than a load of hot air
EUROPEAN DIARY:In a clear victory for the farm lobby, the prospect of a livestock levy is dead in the water, writes JAMIE SMYTH
IF YOU want to get ahead in politics, don’t mess with the farm lobby. That is the golden rule that Taoiseach Brian Cowen broke last May when he prevaricated over whether to give the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) a cast-iron guarantee he would veto any unfavourable World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal.
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