by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Press Releases
17 NOVEMBER 2016 Following the announcement of proposed locally led schemes for farmers with Hen Harrier or Pearl Mussel designations ICSA Rural Development Seamus Sherlock has called for an upfront and immediate payment to be made to these farmers while the logistics...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Press Releases
17 NOVEMBER 2016 Speaking following the latest update by Minster Creed on the implementation of cheap loans to the farming sector, ICSA Rural Development chairman Seamus Sherlock has expressed his disappointment that these loans seem to be unavailable to the farmers...
by admin | Nov 16, 2016 | Press Releases
16 NOVEMBER 2016 ICSA is the only farm organisation to be 100% against trade deal sell outs ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that the results in the study “Cumulative Impact of Future Trade Deals on EU Agriculture” vindicates the ICSA position that trade deals...
by admin | Nov 16, 2016 | Press Releases
16 NOVEMBER 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that the beef roundtable is going to have to face the reality that we need to think about sustainable downsizing in the livestock trade given that the beef industry cannot deliver anywhere near sustainable prices...
by admin | Nov 15, 2016 | Press Releases
15 NOVEMBER 2016 Eddie Punch – ICSA General Secretary As the aftershock from Brexit continues, a question which is increasingly occupying my mind is who is to pay the price? This question is particularly pertinent in the context of exchange rate volatility and...
by admin | Nov 15, 2016 | Press Releases
15 NOVEMBER 2016 Following the publication of Irish Water’s proposed pipeline route from the Shannon to Dublin, ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has expressed the association’s concern at the impact this proposed development will have on the farms of...
