ICSA News

November 2019

'If you choose a vegan meal instead of beef you are damaging rural Ireland'- ICSA's Punch tells vegan activist

Every time a person chooses a vegan meal instead of a beef one they are damaging rural Ireland ICSA General Secretary Eddie Punch has warned.

July 2019

Farmer protest continues outside Kepak Athleague

The ICSA sheep price protest outside Kepak Athleague is continuing today.

June 2019

€100m beef fund must be distributed, but with 200 head of cattle limit - ICSA president

The newly elected president of the ICSA, Edmond Phelan, has said that the €100m beef fund must be distributed as soon as possible.

May 2019

Former ICSA president rows in behind Wallace's European bid

Former Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) president, Patrick Kent has said he will be assisting MEP hopeful Mick Wallace in his election bid.

April 2019

Farm leader resigns after accepting spot on Mick Wallace's EU replacement list

The President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) has resigned, following a meeting of the organisation today.

February 2019

Calls for BVD testing to be made compulsory and for suckler compensation to be €400

ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chairman Hugh Farrell has said that many farmers who have never had a BVD positive test result in their calves are fed up with a scheme that has gone on for seven years and he said that it is now time to make 2019 the last year of full scale compulsory testing.

January 2019

Hard Border questions: Michael Creed repeated the Government line when questioned yesterday. Picture: Damien Eagers

'One slip' could be calamitous for important live export trade - Minister Creed warns

AGRICULTURE Minister Michael Creed warned “one slip” could be calamitous for the important live export trade.

September 2018

Red Deer at Killarney National Park,Kerry,Ireland

ICSA: Wildlife culling essential to beat TB

The culling of deer is essential if government authorities are to succeed in eradicating TB by 2030, the ICSA have said.

March 2018

The greenway is along a 32km stretch in South Kerry.

'Farmers in Kerry are essentially being used as guinea pigs': Row over Greenway rumbles on

The ongoing Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) process in Kerry with regard to the South Kerry Greenway should be a major cause for concern for landowners everywhere, according to ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock.

February 2018

'Processors are threatening to turn sheep away from today'

The roll out of the Clean Livestock Policy for Sheep by processors, has sparked criticism from farming organisations.

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