by Kevin | Jun 14, 2013 | Press Releases
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has welcomed the Government’s “pragmatic decision” not to press ahead with legislation in relation to access to the countryside for recreational use.ICSA Connaught/Ulster vice president and member of Comhairle na...
by Kevin | Jun 14, 2013 | Press Releases
14th June, 2013ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the announcement by Minister Coveney that there would be a compensatory payment for BVD positive calves in the suckler herd. The payment of €100 applies to second and all subsequent calves in a herd...
by Kevin | Jun 13, 2013 | Press Releases
13th June, 2013President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, Gabriel Gilmartin, has assured Mayo commonage farmers that ICSA will continue to work hard to ensure a practical, flexible approach is taken to the reform of commonage management.ICSA...
by Kevin | Jun 13, 2013 | Press Releases
13th June, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has reiterated the urgent need to review the issue of ‘calendar farming’ in its submission on Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme. Submissions on the issue were sought by the Departments of Agriculture and...
by Kevin | Jun 5, 2013 | Press Releases
5th June, 2013President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, Gabriel Gilmartin, has welcomed the appointment of Tom Hayes TD as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and has called for his deployment to deal with the...