NEWS & EVENTS

Speaking following a meeting of the National Council of ICMSA, the president of the association, Denis Drennan, said that two issues are very clear in relation to CAP Post 2027: “The first is that the budget must be sufficient to ensure that the key issues for EU Farm Policy can…

Reacting to the news that the EU will ban beef imports from Brazil from September on the grounds that beef originating in that country is not complying with EU rules on the use of antimicrobials, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, described the announcement as “stunning” and “the latest link…

Responding to remarks made by Dairy Industry Ireland in which that organisation dismissed the likely effectiveness of an EU-wide Voluntary Milk Reduction and instead argued for a movement towards risk-management, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that he looked forward with great interest to the detailed proposals that DII…

Commenting on the recent release of the Nature Restoration Law Report from the Independent Advisory Committee, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carrroll, who sat on the Committee, said that a great deal of time and commitment had gone into the development and publication of the Report, but he said…

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…