A May bank holiday weekend of festivals, music, GAA matches, 99’s and the first bit of real sunshine of the summer. 👍💪 canvassing in Ireland’s sunny south east! A real beaut 👏

On the canvass in lovely Limerick on Friday with ⁦Willie O'Dea⁩ 👍

Thanks to the Irish Examiner for carrying my opinion piece in the paper and online today. Cultural boycotts do not work. Best wishes to Bambie Thug.

Thanks to the Waterford News&Star for covering my calls for the SETU_Research to be central in research, innovation and technology around preventing food waste. We need more of the Horizon Europe fund for the South East, and the SETU_Research and I will be banging the table in…

Great to join Fianna Fáil Ireland South MEP candidate Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Senator Malcolm Byrne 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 and councillors Donal Kenny, Pip Breen, Andrew Bolger and Joe Sullivan on the campaign trail in Gorey today.

Thanks to ⁦Irish Farmers Journal⁩ for this article - red tape choking farmers - Ní Mhurchú - farmersjournal.ie/news/news/red-…

Great to meet the legendary trainer Willie Mullins with Scottish Grand National winner Macdermott in Leighlinbridge, Carlow. We chatted about the importance of the Equine industry for jobs in rural Ireland and how Europe can help. (apologies about the wind!!)

Our technological universities, including Munster Technological University and SETU_Research can play a leading role in tackling food waste in the EU. The Horizon Europe fund is around 95bn and can be used to develop technologies to cut down on food waste in our supply chains.

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Meeting small business owners in Clare yesterday. Hearing about the challenges they are facing. 💪

Nice break today to welcome Cynthia Ní Mhurchú with our Chairperson Cllr. Cillian Murphy to Kilkee.

Sneaky stop in Hillery’s in Milltown Malbay. David is the nephew of former president Paddy Hillery! #clare

Meeting with the Doonbeg Tidy towns with Cllr. Cillian Murphy - place looks great! So impressed with the volunteers!

Visiting kilkee Waterworld & Drift Cafe in Kilkee, Clare with Cllr. Cillian Murphy - great project started with European funds. I will fight for projects like this for coastal communities across Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Cork, The south east and beyond.

Chatting to farmers in Cork at the Irish Farmers' Association hustings. So many issues to address. Farmers need strong rural voices in the European Parliament.

Speaking at the Irish Farmers' Association hustings in Cork tonight. 💪lots of issues to get through.

From tomorrow, May 1st, Child Benefit will be extended to children aged 18 who are in full-time education or who have a disability.

This will benefit an additional 60,000 children annually.

1.2 million children, or 650,000 families, already receive the Child Benefit Payment.

30 years today - I presented Eurovision with the late great Gerry Ryan. Today is also the 14th anniversary of Gerry's passing. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. He was an extraordinary broadcaster.

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Sunak’s government are undermining their relationship with the EU by refusing to take back migrants that have crossed the Northern Irish border until France comes to some kind of agreement on the Channel crossings. This is political blackmail.  

My statement……

Cannot believe it is 30 years tomorrow since I presented the Eurovision. Feels like yesterday!! Listen back here

'30 years since Riverdance made is debut on TV. Anton is joined by barrister and former RTÉ presenter, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú to look back on the night and what it was…