by Kevin | Jan 7, 2015 | Press Releases
7th January 2015 This article was first published in the Irish Independent Farming on January 6th, 2015 The imposition of serious fines on many farmers as a result of the LPIS review remains a source of extreme anger and frustration, especially in disadvantaged areas...
by Kevin | Jan 6, 2015 | General News
6th January 2015 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D, has today announced the opening of the online system for the submission of applications to both the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme in 2015. Persons who meet the...
by Kevin | Jan 5, 2015 | Press Releases
5th January 2015 ICSA president Patrick Kent has condemned the suggestion that EU farm payments might be cut where farms don’t meet farm safety standards. “The reality is that many farm accidents occur not as a result of obviously dangerous facilities but...
by Kevin | Jan 5, 2015 | Press Releases
5th January 2015 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said that proposals by the meat industry for a €3/head quality assured bonus demonstrate contempt not only for farmers but also for the Minister. “It is now obvious that the meat industry believes that it has...
