by admin | Apr 25, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
18 APRIL 2019 Cavan ICSA will host a farmers meeting with special guest Mairead McGuinness MEP, First Vice-President of the European Parliament, on Monday 29 April at the Hotel Kilmore, Cavan. The meeting will commence at 8pm. ICSA Cavan chair Hugh Farrell said, “With...
by admin | Apr 25, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
17 APRIL 2019 A group of senior ICSA officials has this evening met with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD to further press for action on a range of issues including a Brexit support package for beef farmers and CAP reform. Leading the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 APRIL 2019 ICSA president Patrick Kent has called for a Brexit support package from Brussels for beef farmers who have struggled, and are continuing to struggle, with the impact of Brexit uncertainty fallout. “For beef producers Brexit has already effectively...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
9 APRIL 2019 ICSA president Patrick Kent has welcomed comments by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan that sets out some detail on how the EU Commission will support farmers in the event of no deal Brexit but the association is insisting that beef farmers need...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
9 APRIL 2019 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has called for the contentious EID project to be scrapped and said that farmers should be compensated for being forced to waste money on electronic tags. “The feedback I’m getting from factories and marts is that they are...
by admin | Apr 5, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
5 APRIL 2019 Westmeath and Offaly ICSA will host a joint meeting focusing on renewable energy production for farmers – including information on schemes and projects. ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham will also be on hand to discuss current issues facing the beef sector....