by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Press Releases
5 JULY 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that all farmers should be able to claim back VAT on essential farm safety equipment and clothing. “Farm Safety Week is about taking practical steps to promote a safe working environment on the farm, a simple measure...
by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Press Releases
5 JULY 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent has urged the government to become very proactive in arguing for the type of EU that Ireland wants to see emerge in the light of the Brexit referendum. Mr Kent was speaking following comments made by the German Vice Chancellor...
by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Uncategorised
ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said that farmers should not panic about the immediate impacts of Brexit on cattle price. “The talk of sterling collapse is over-done. There is too much sensationalism about the pound sterling hitting a thirty-one year low when,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2016 | ICSA in the Media
THAT’S FARMING – 3 JUNE 2016 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has applauded an ICSA motion of support for farmers suffering the consequences of financial debt. The motion was passed unanimously by the association’s National Executive at...
by admin | Jun 24, 2016 | ICSA in the Media
AGRILAND – 27 MAY 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent has hit out at the methodology Teagasc uses to calculate farm incomes. It comes following the announcement of the preliminary estimates from Teagasc’s National Farm Survey, this week which showed an increase of...
