NEWS & EVENTS

The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has called on Minister Heydon to indicate whether or not, Ireland will be supporting moves towards the introduction of an EU-wide Voluntary Supply Reduction Scheme at the Council of Ministers meeting scheduled for Monday 27 April in Brussels.  Mr. Drennan said that ICMSA understood…

The Chairperson of the ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, has echoed the growing frustration among farmers over the TAMS rank and selection process.  He said that “at this stage” ICMSA was probably taking as many irate phone calls as Johnstown Castle from farmers unable to work out where they stood…

Following the reminder from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine that there are flexibilities around the feeding of concentrate from April 15 to 30 September under the Nitrates Regulations, ICMSA Deputy President, Eamon Carroll, has urged the Department to go one step further and extend the date of commencement…

There is growing anger amongst farmers in relation to implementation over the last fortnight of the TB Action Plan and, specifically, the many changes to the rules surrounding cattle purchases and sales.  The ICMSA Deputy President, Eamon Carroll, said that there is utter confusion around the new requirements, and he…

 The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell has described as “downright disturbing” detailed figures released again by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine showing that over 40,000 tonnes of beef was imported into Ireland last year, the equivalent of 118,000 steers based on average carcass weight.   Mr.…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O Connell, has welcomed the opening of the 2026 National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme, but said that farmers were frustrated and irritated by the failure of the Minister and the Department to remedy obvious problems present and identified in last year’s National Dairy…

The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the Government must understand the extent of frustration and anger as farmers and agricultural contractors watched their basic viability being eroded by deeply unfair pricing and their wholly justified concerns being dismissed as ‘temporary blips’ or somehow beyond Government control or remedy.…

Speaking after a meeting yesterday with the HSA (Health and Safety Authority),  the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, said that the vast majority of farmers are completely unaware that training is now required under the Code – which came into operation last September- on the use on…

Speaking after the publication of the latest iteration of the TB rules that have been sent out to farmers this week, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll said that he was very disappointed to note that the publication only sets out rules for farmers, with no other stakeholders specified.…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, while welcoming the addition of Bluetongue Virus ( BTV) vaccination as an option in to the 2026 Beef and Sheep Welfare Schemes has stated that he believes there are more practical options that could be offered to livestock farmers that would encourage…