by admin | May 29, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
28 MAY 2019 ICSA officials, led by sheep chairman Sean McNamara, have today met with senior management from Irish Country Meats (ICM) in Camolin. The meeting was called following an ICSA protest at the site last week due to sharp falls in sheep prices in recent weeks....
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
24 MAY 2019 Three candidates are in the running to become the next president of ICSA following the close of nominations this evening. In alphabetical order, these candidates are as follows: Hugh Farrell, Cavan Dermot Kelleher, Cork west Edmond Phelan, Waterford The...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
24 MAY 2019 ICSA suckler chair John Halley has said he will be batting for suckler farmers to get their fair share of the €100m Brexit support package for beef farmers. “Since March 2017 weanlings have been back 30 to 40 cent a kilo. That equates to losses of between...
by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
22 MAY 2019 ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has said farmer owned feedlots are entitled to a fair share of the €100m Brexit support package for beef farmers. “These farmers are important to the cattle trade and have suffered badly too,” he said. “It is important to...
by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
21 MAY 2019 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has called on meat processors to stop giving preference to lambs from the north and elsewhere at the expense of Irish lambs. “It’s disgraceful to see Irish lambs being turned away because lairages are full of imported lambs....
by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
20 MAY 2019 ICSA’s sheep committee is today protesting at Irish Country Meats (ICM), Camolin, Co Wexford, as processors across the board continue to hammer sheep farmers with savage price cuts. Speaking at the protest, ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara said, “There is no...