by admin | May 18, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
18 MAY 2018 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has said it’s time for Minister Flanagan and the Department of Justice to consider amendments to the scheme introduced to help local communities install CCTV systems as a crime prevention measure. “Funding...
by admin | May 16, 2018 | Press Releases
16 MAY 2018 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has welcomed news of a deal between the ABP Food Group and Asian restaurant group Wowprime Corporation. The three year deal, valued at €50 million, will see the Irish owned meat processor supply beef to the Wowprime network...
by admin | May 16, 2018 | Press Releases
16 MAY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has reminded farmers that they can make amendments to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application until midnight on Tuesday 31 May without penalty as long as they submitted their initial application by last night’s deadline....
by admin | May 15, 2018 | Press Releases
15 MAY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has given a sceptical response to the suggestion of an early slaughter premium as a means of keeping suckler numbers up. “Slaughter premia have been tried before and all they do is give a subsidy to meat factories and consumers....
by admin | May 14, 2018 | General News, Uncategorised
14 MAY 2018 The ICSA sheep committee held a protest today (Monday) at the Department of Agriculture headquarters to reflect growing anger among sheep farmers about EID tagging, as well as the clean sheep policy. ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks said that the Minister’s...
