Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Farmers are too easily fooled by social media quacks

Living in a virtual world where you’re right and everyone else is wrong might give you a feeling of vindication, but it’s not reality

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on her farm

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan

Empty vessels make the most noise — which is true for almost all social media influencers, yet many farmers seem to buy into them.

In recent weeks, videos emerged online of the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, being heckled by people who piggybacked on the ICSA AGM.