03 December 2024 Our politicians need to rediscover the ‘forgotten knowledge’ The ICMSA is a resolutely non-political association, and we have never endorsed or expressed an opinion... Continue reading
05 November 2024 Credibility of Government and EU will sink or swim on Mercusor By all accounts, the EU looks set to conclude a Mercusor trade agreement in the near future. Suggestions... Continue reading
08 October 2024 Environmental ‘Activists’ and The Fine Art of Projection Below is a shortened version of the letter ICMSA sent to the Irish Times in response to an article... Continue reading
06 September 2024 What’s the plan? It is almost the cliché of clichés and was most famously articulated by Roy Keane over 20 years ago... Continue reading
16 August 2024 Government should be ashamed The Teagasc National Farm Survey, released recently, showed a fall in income across every sector of... Continue reading
03 July 2024 The regulatory ‘chickens’ are coming home to roost The recent announcement by Tirlán of a round of voluntary redundancies seems to have been met with... Continue reading
07 May 2024 Withdrawal of dairy-reduction scheme – farmer patience betrayed The old axiom says that a person’s actions provide a much truer picture of their character than their... Continue reading
09 April 2024 The Nature Restoration Law gets stuck again The decision of the EU Environment Council not to proceed with a vote on the proposed EU Nature Restoration... Continue reading
06 March 2024 The Nature Restoration Law – The ‘End Of The Tether’? The vote of the European Parliament on February 27 in favour of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is... Continue reading
07 February 2024 The exclusion of farmers is absurd The ICMSA was asked to comment on the publication of Ten-Point Action Plan on supporting Dairy Calf... Continue reading
09 January 2024 Trying to fill very big shoes I’m writing this on the very day (Tuesday 19th) after I officially succeeded Pat McCormack as president... Continue reading