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Loss Of Banking Services A Further Blow For Rural Towns and Surrounding Areas – ICMSA.

2022-07-19

Speaking in relation to AIB’s decision to make 70 of its 170 branches cashless including the removal of ATM machines, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack said, that there will be huge disappointment in the towns concerned and their associated rural areas and it will put further pressure on…

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High Court Judgement On Farm Insolvency Case Welcomed. –  ICMSA.

2022-07-18

Speaking in relation to the High Court case approving a PIA for a farmer being pursued by a financial institution, Mr. Shane O’Loughlin, Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, welcomed the decision of the High Court and said that the PIA mechanism provided a basis for farmers who find themselves…

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Serious Questions Marks Over ACRES Scheme  –  ICMSA.

2022-07-15

Speaking after a meeting with senior officials of the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine on the new agri-environment scheme ACRES, the Deputy President and Chairperson of ICMSA Farm & Rural Affairs Committee, Mr. Denis Drennan said, that there remains serious questions over the effectiveness of the new agri-environment scheme…

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Unprecedented Input Cost Increases Highlight Need For Ongoing High Output Prices.  –  ICMSA.

2022-07-14

Commenting on the Agricultural Price Indices for May 2022 published by the CSO today, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack said, that the level of input cost inflation experienced by farmers since May 2021 is unprecedented in any sector with a 41.6% increase in input costs and the fertiliser…

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ICMSA welcome new loan scheme option for farmers

2022-07-07

Noting an interest rate of 3.75% on loans up to €250,000, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Shane O’Loughlin, said that farmers looking for funding for their farm business should consider the Covid-19 Loan Scheme (‘CLS’) announced yesterday by Ministers Varadkar, Donohoe and McConalogue.  Loans of between €25,000 and…

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ICMSA calling for 55 Cents Per Litre as ‘minimum’ for June Milk

2022-07-07

Speaking in advance of milk price announcements for June, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, said, that while dairy markets continue in a very strong position the returns being achieved at milk processor level are still not being fully reflected in the price being paid to farmers. “While…

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ICMSA say dairy farmers facing up to 33% herd reduction under Minister’s derogation policy

2022-06-30

Speaking following a meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine, the President of ICMSA, Pat McCormack said that that family dairy farmers have been ‘sold out’ by the Minister. Mr. McCormack said that the Minister’s plan to reduce cow numbers on family dairy farms under a measure agreed…

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The Exclusion Of Family Dairy Farms From Fodder Support Scheme Highlights The Direction Of Government Policy –  ICMSA.

2022-06-15

The President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack has described the decision of the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine to exclude milk suppliers from the fodder support scheme as scandalous and yet again, highlights the bias that has developed within the current Government and policymakers against family farms. We now…

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Ireland must continue to attempt to extricate the British Govt ‘from the latest hole it has dug for itself’

2022-06-13

Commenting on the announcement that the British Government intends bringing forward legislation that will unilaterally overrule aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the President of ICMSA, Pat McCormack, said that we are entering a period when cool heads and calm exposition will be needed. Mr. McCormack said that while we…

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Embrace Farm

2022-06-07
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