NEWS & EVENTS

Commenting on the Biomethane Strategy published earlier this week, the ICMSA President, Denis Drennan, said that the proposals were undermined by the Government’s failure to grasp – and state publicly – that it, the State, will have to underwrite the selling price of biomethane gas to the grid or biomethane-generated…

Speaking following a meeting with An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that meeting had dealt with very serious short and long term challenges facing the agriculture sector that required speedy and concerted responses from both Government and the EU. Mr Drennan said the very existence…

  The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has launched the association’s ‘ICMSA Guide To Election 2024’ at the Raddison Hotel in Limerick as the essential guide to agri and rural issues for both farmer voters and candidates in the run-up to the elections being held on 7 June.  Mr Drennan…

 The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, said that the Association is being told that farmers are no longer even considering TAMS as the reference costings on which the grant is based move into the realms of fantasy.  Mr. O’Brien said wherever he goes in the state, he…

Speaking following meetings with two of the main banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, ICMSA’s Farm Business Chairperson, Pat O’Brien, has advised farmers who are worried about their farm finances to engage early with their banks and in a way that allows them the space and time any possible issues.…

 Commenting on the round of March milk price announcements, ICMSA Dairy Chairperson, Noel Murphy, has welcomed the weather-related payments made by milk purchasers and Co-operatives and he particularly singled out the 5cpl payment from Carbery. “These weather-related bonuses are timely and very much needed by the Co-ops’ supplier members given…

Speaking following a further meeting with the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the reclaiming of VAT on certain items by unregistered farmers and the well-publicised difficulties being experienced by farmers over the last year on this matter, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the Revenue Commissioners have confirmed…

Commenting on the announcement by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that all TAMS Tranche 3 applications will be fully approved, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, said that while welcome, Minister McConalogue’s announcement counts for nothing without formal notices of acceptance being issued to the applicants…

The decision of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine to provide an exemption to the 15% crude protein requirement after 15 April for farmers farming above 130kgs of N per hectare has been welcomed by the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, who said that it was one of…

After more than 10 rounds of meetings negotiating the Farmers Charter of Rights Committee for 2023-2027, ICMSA’s Deputy President, Eamon Carroll, has called on the Minister to establish the Charter Monitoring Committee so the checking and measuring phase can begin. Mr Carroll noted that the substantive issues such as payment…