by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Press Releases
20 JANUARY 2017 ICSA Louth chairman Gavin Carberry has announced that a farmers meeting will take place next Friday, 27 January. The meeting will take place in the Hunterstown Inn, Ardee, Co Louth and will commence at 7.30pm. Guest speakers on the night will be; Luke...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Press Releases
20 JANUARY 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock is calling on Minister Creed to make an executive decision and pay all GLAS recipients 85% of their payment immediately. Speaking as thousands of farmers continue to wait for payment Mr Sherlock said...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Press Releases
19 JANUARY 2017 ICSA president Patrick Kent has welcomed the Dail vote in favour of a crisis support fund for tillage farmers to assist those worst affected by weather losses in the 2016 harvest. It follows the passing of a Fianna Fail private members motion today (19...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Press Releases
19 JANUARY 2017 ICSA was part of a delegation that today (19 January) met with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross and Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan. The meeting was scheduled to discuss a pathway forward for the Athlone to Galway portion of...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Press Releases
19 JANUARY 2017 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said that members of the ICSA sheep committee will stage a protest tomorrow (January 20) at the ICM plant in Navan. “Factories are purposely keeping quotes down at €4.75 and imposing ever tighter weight limits. We’re...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Press Releases
18 JANUARY 2017 ICSA president Patrick Kent has called on the HSE to clarify statements made about farming families blocking hospital beds to circumvent aspects of the Fair Deal scheme. Commenting on the issue Mr Kent said “It is ludicrous to suggest that farmers are...
