The Irish Farmers' Association will march on Leinster House this afternoon, calling for the Government to set up a crisis fund for tillage farmers.

Many grain farmers, in the west and south of the country, weren't able to harvest their crops last autumn after a prolonged period of wet weather destroyed their produce.

Fianna Fáil is bringing a motion before the Dáil today, urging the Government to pay subsidies to affected farmers.