by admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Press Releases
27 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA will be holding a Regional Rural Development meeting in Templeglantine on Thursday, 2 March, in The Devon Inn, Templeglantine, Co Limerick. Over the course of the evening a wide range of rural development issues will be discussed, including...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Press Releases
22 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA Sligo chairman Gabriel Gilmartin has criticised the Department of Agriculture’s failure to prioritise rural Ireland during its review of the six Regional Veterinary Laboratories. Speaking following a meeting with Department officials at the Sligo...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Press Releases
21 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA is to mount a protest tomorrow in opposition to the possible closure of the Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Doonally, Co Sligo. Speaking ahead of the protest, ICSA Sligo chairman Gabriel Gilmartin said “The closure of the facility would mean...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Press Releases
20 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA is holding a public meeting to discuss the high levels of TB reactors in Co Wicklow and how this ties in with the expanding deer population. Tom Stephenson, ICSA national executive representative in Wicklow, has described the problem as having...
by admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Press Releases
17 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has welcomed the decision of the High Court to overturn the award of damages to a walker on the Wicklow Way. “At last we are seeing common sense prevail. Farmers would be generally willing to allow...
by admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Press Releases
17 FEBRUARY 2017 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has called for a joined up approach to maximising the current potential for live exports of sheep. “An integrated strategic plan is required to adequately exploit all those markets where at the moment we only scratch...