by Neassa | Mar 10, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said Irish farmers must be properly supported if Europe is serious about protecting food production and ensuring fairness for family farms at a time of growing global instability. Speaking at ICSA’s AGM and Annual Conference in...
by Neassa | Jan 28, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said Larry Murrin must accept the invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and explain how his role as chair of Bord Bia can be compatible with his company importing Brazilian beef. “This issue has now gone...
by Neassa | Nov 14, 2025 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has called on the Government to step up efforts to block the EU-Mercosur trade deal. He said that if this deal goes ahead, it will destroy the Irish beef sector and devastate rural Ireland. Speaking at ICSA’s protest outside Leinster House...
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...
