NEWS & EVENTS

Speaking following a meeting with the EU Environment Commissioner Roswall, ICMSA President, Denis Drennan, said that it was vital that the Commissioner saw ‘firsthand’ the lengths and efforts Irish farmers were already engaged upon in the context of water quality.    “We clearly outlined to the Commissioner the sustainable system…

Following the recent series of September price cut announcements by Co-ops and processors right across the country, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, has questioned the disparity between prices now applicable across the country and said the differences now evident are alarming. “We are not naive and don’t…

Speaking following a meeting with Mr. Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, on the concerns being expressed by the owners of designated land, ICMSA Deputy President, Eamon Carroll, said he has asked the Minister to ensure that the full resources of the state be made available to those…

Speaking following a meeting with Mr. Gijs Schilthuis, the EU Commission’s Director of Sustainability at DG Agriculture, in the Dublin office of the EU Commission today (October 14), the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan said that ICMSA had stressed a number of key points in relation to the next CAP…

Commenting on the Budget 2026 announcements and expressing his disappointment, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the unanimous position of all involved in the farm and agri sector was that the Government had to begin addressing the looming crisis around succession and generational renewal on the family farms…

Speaking after Thursday’s (2 October) meeting of the Charter of Farmers Rights, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, has welcomed the update provided on the payment dates for the various schemes and said that it will enable farmers to plan much more effectively when they can, in turn, pay…

Speaking following a meeting with Maroš Šefčovič, EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Inter-institutional Relations and Transparency this morning in Dublin, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, described as “absolutely ridiculous” the obvious and public contradiction in which the EU Commission has now found itself on the question of…

 Speaking in advance of next Tuesday’s Budget 2026, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has said that farmer attention will focus on the commitment given in Budget 2025 by (then) Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers to “advance an income volatility measure to support the farming sector for consideration in advance…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has welcomed the announcement that the EU Commission intends deferring the application of the news Deforestation Regulation by a further 12 months. Mr. O’Connell said that the announcement was no more than a belated realisation that it was no longer acceptable –…