[Opinion] Mixed Fermanagh political response to UFU's call for Muir to step down

Mixed Fermanagh political response to UFU's call for Muir to step down

Political opinion in Fermanagh is divided over calls for Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir to resign – with no local MLAs directly calling for the…

Muir refuses to resign and declares: ‘Days of UFU dictating government policy are over’

DUP Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart and Ulster Unionist agriculture spokesperson Robbie Butler MLA, and the farmers protest earlier this week outside Stormont. Friday 14 August 2026 Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has rejected demands for his resignation and launched an extraordinary attack on the Ulster Farmers’ Union, declaring that its days of “dictating government policy are over”. His defiant response came after the UFU passed a vote of no co…