by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Press Releases
24 APRIL 2017 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said the prospects for live exports to once again offer real competition to processors are improving. Tomorrow, under the direction of Purcell Brothers, a boat will be loaded at Belview Port in Waterford with...
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Press Releases
21 APRIL 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock said he is extremely concerned about the almost 10% incidence level of TB reactors experienced on farms in West Wicklow. Mr Sherlock said “The figures underpin the need to control the wild deer population...
by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Press Releases
7 APRIL 2017 ICSA president Patrick Kent has given a guarded welcome to the European Parliament own initiative report on imported palm oil, which he says, “is a much more nuanced response to use of biofuels as a transport fuel in Europe.” However, Mr Kent warned that...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Press Releases
31 MARCH 2017 ICSA has held talks with the CEO of Coillte, Mr Fergal Leamy, to outline the difficulties Wicklow farmers are experiencing due to the ever expanding, free roaming herds of deer in the county. ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock described the...