by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Press Releases
2 MARCH 2018 ICSA rural development chair Seamus Sherlock has urged farmers to take extra care when tending to stock in the treacherous blizzard conditions that have hit the country. “There is a high risk of slips and falls which can lead to serious injury. The...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Press Releases
19 FEBRUARY 2018 ICSA Cavan chairman Hugh Farrell has welcomed the opening up of the Fodder Transport Scheme in counties Cavan, Longford and Roscommon. “Following a persistent campaign by ICSA officials in these counties, we have now received confirmation the scheme...
by admin | Feb 16, 2018 | Press Releases
15 FEBRUARY 2018 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has said he is appalled at the decision by Permanent TSB to place €4.5bn of its loans on the market. Commenting on the move Mr Sherlock said, “Selling off these loans at a fraction of their value means...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Press Releases
14 FEBRUARY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said he is alarmed at soundings coming from Brussels that a reduced CAP budget post 2020 could be on the cards. “Maintaining the CAP budget has to be an absolute priority and I would urge Minister Creed, Taoiseach...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Press Releases
14 FEBRUARY 2018 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has welcomed the announcement by Minister Creed regarding the allocation of €25m in additional ANC funding announced in Budget 2018. “ICSA is pleased to see some certainty regarding this additional money...
by admin | Feb 13, 2018 | Press Releases
13 FEBRUARY 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said it is time for Teagasc to advise on different systems of fattening lambs and prepping them for slaughter if the way sheep farmers have been doing it for decades is suddenly no longer acceptable under the Clean...