Farmers affected by a major gorse fire in Roscommon may not be eligible for payments due to burnt land. A local TD says the Department of Agriculture has sent some famers in Gorthaganny satellite images of their burnt land. Sinn Féin's Claire Kerrane is now urging the Agriculture Minister not to punish them with reduced payments. The fire, which broke out in the west Roscommon area, caused widespread damage to bogland and forestry. Claire Kerrane says Department payments are crucial for farmers in the west:
She says farmers have already been punished enough:
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