This is not policy; this is comedy gold
It’s a precondition of sensible national policy on any issue that it is (A) constant and (B)...
There’s a commission for that!
There is a great tradition in Ireland of setting up commissions, committees, and reviews.
Every pot on the stove is coming to the boil…
The Russian revolutionary leader, Lenin, is reputed to have observed periods of emergency,...
Politicians must be honest with public about the cost of food
Those of us who imagined that the penny had dropped with our political class on the costs and...
Not seeing the wood for the trees
Every now and then, issues line up or counterpoint each other in such a way that comment becomes...
IP changes to AI contracts are not OK!
ICMSA has gone public with our growing concerns in relation to the decision of Dovea Genetics,...
Championing our farm families for 75 years
It’s a real honour for me to serve as president of our association for the year of our 75th...
Where’s the ‘deep dive’ into transport emissions?
I know I wasn’t the only farmer fascinated by the recent announcement that the Central Statistics...
TB or not TB – what is the question?
Last year saw bovine TB become rife in many areas of the country and there is now a real fear –...
Our politicians need to rediscover the ‘forgotten knowledge’
The ICMSA is a resolutely non-political association, and we have never endorsed or expressed an...
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....
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...
What’s the plan?
It is almost the cliché of clichés and was most famously articulated by Roy Keane over 20 years...
Government should be ashamed
The Teagasc National Farm Survey, released recently, showed a fall in income across every sector...
The regulatory ‘chickens’ are coming home to roost
The recent announcement by Tirlán of a round of voluntary redundancies seems to have been met...
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...
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...
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)...
The exclusion of farmers is absurd
The ICMSA was asked to comment on the publication of Ten-Point Action Plan on supporting Dairy...
Trying to fill very big shoes
I’m writing this on the very day (Tuesday 19th) after I officially succeeded Pat McCormack as...