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Responding to the announcement of a 25% emissions reduction for agriculture, Pat McCormack, the President of the ICMSA, the state’s specialist dairy farmer organisation, said that the Government’s decision would have wholly negative and predictable economic, social and demographic consequences for the massive areas of the state that depended on…

Mr. Pat McCormack, President of ICMSA has welcomed the decision of AIB to reverse the decision to make 70 branches cashless which would have had a disproportionate impact on specific rural towns and their associated hinterlands.   ICMSA had called for action from Government following the AIB decision and the outcome…

Commenting on the announcement by Minister Hackett on improved payment rates under the Organics Scheme from 1 January 2023, Mr. Denis Drennan, Deputy President and Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm & Rural Affairs Committee said that while improved payment rates are always welcome, the reality is that unless the economics of…

Demonisation of Agriculture Needs to Stop. –  ICMSA. Irish farmers have a critical role to play in Ireland’s climate strategy and we need to move away from demonising the sector and start to put in place real plans to allow the sector to continue to do what it is good…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…