by Neassa | Oct 7, 2025 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said that while Budget 2026 contains some positives, it does not go far enough to deal with the real pressures facing beef, sheep, suckler, and tillage farmers. “Farmers are still grappling with soaring costs and tightening margins,...
by Neassa | Sep 5, 2025 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair John Barron has said that an urgent increase in the upper caps on compensation under the TB Eradication Programme must form part of any revised TB strategy. “Too many farmers are losing out because the market value of their stock...
by Neassa | Sep 3, 2025 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair John Cleary and ICSA Sheep chair Willie Shaw say the latest CSO livestock slaughtering figures, showing a sharp fall in cattle and sheep throughput, are alarming and underline just how serious the situation is for drystock farmers. Commenting on the...
by Neassa | Aug 27, 2025 | Latest News
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said that low-income drystock and tillage farmers cannot be sacrificed in the rush to secure the nitrates derogation or in any other policy decisions. Speaking after a meeting with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon...
by Neassa | Jul 31, 2025 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said that the association is increasingly alarmed by the growing number of farmers who feel powerless and distressed in their dealings with the Department of Agriculture. “We in ICSA are getting more and more reports from farmers who...
