The internal EPA report which wants to see the cull of one third of the country’s livestock numbers, the re-wetting of 90% of reclaimed land and quadrupling the amount of forestry planted, will devastate rural Ireland.

That’s the view of Roscommon / Galway deputy Michael Fitzmaurice.

The independent deputy is calling for the report and its targets to be binned.

He has been telling Midwest News Editor Teresa O’Malley why…