The Irish Farmers Association want to meet with the Department of Health to discuss the possibility of changing laws so they can produce “industrial hemp, CBD oil and medicinal cannabis” Pat Farrell, Horticulture Executive with the IFA joined Ciara on the show to discuss.

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