by admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
20 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said the last thing farmers need is for knackery services to be further disrupted. Speaking following the announcement from the Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA) that collection services are to...
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
17 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has reacted with dismay at the direction of talks regarding the EU budget which he slammed as “totally unacceptable, particularly as a massive 14% cut to the CAP is proposed even though there are much bigger asks being...
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
14 FEBRUARY 2020 Kilkenny man Ger O’Brien has been elected ICSA Suckler Committee chair at a meeting of the association’s National Executive in Portlaoise last night (Thurs 13 Feb). Hailing from Mallardstown near Callan, Mr O’Brien runs a suckler enterprise with 60...
by admin | Jan 31, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
31 JANUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said that the end of speculation about UK membership of the EU provides a brief respite from instability which must be used to get the EU/ UK trade deal and CAP funding sorted. The ICSA leader said that there should now...
by admin | Jan 31, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
31 JANUARY 2020 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has reminded farmers to complete their sheep and goat census for 2019 if they have yet to do so. “The closing date for paper-based applications is today (Fri 31 Jan) but submissions can still be made online right up until...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
28 JANUARY 2020 Edmond Phelan, ICSA president, is calling on all general election candidates and political parties to support the ICSA submission for a regulator to be appointed to audit what is going on in the food chain for produce such as beef and lamb, as part of...