Archives - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006

Dec 18th, 2009 - Cahill re-elected as President of ICMSA

Dec 14th, 2009 - Cahill criticises new MII price grid

Dec 9th, 2009 - ICMSA welcome budget's acknowledment of the critical role agriculture will play in economic recovery

Dec 1st, 2009 - Cahill calls for flooding task force

Nov 26th, 2009 - ICMSA say Community Officer model should be used to deliver aid directly to flooded farmers

Nov 20th, 2009 - Floods must alter slurry regulations say ICMSA

Nov 18th, 2009 - Cahill says banks' code of conduct has the force of a 'boy scout's pledge' and legislation is needed

Nov 13th, 2009 - ICMSA say growing gap between Irish and UK beef prices must be bridged

Nov 9th, 2009 - ICMSA say substantial October milk price rise on the cards

Oct 27th, 2009 - Farmers say NAMA continues 'feather duster regulation'of banks and won't work for their sector

Oct 19th, 2009 - ICMSA remind farmers of 30 October deadline for Retirement Scheme

Oct 19th, 2009 - Irish farmers represented at Luxembourg as another mass protest marks Farm Council meeting

Oct 15th, 2009 - Glanbia response insufficient and vague

Oct 14th, 2009 - Department must ensure REPS 4 Payments as per Charter

Oct 14th, 2009 - Minister must ensure Farms Assist Means are based on current year

Oct 14th, 2009 - ICMSA - WE TOOK ALL THE PAIN - WE ARE NOW ENTITLED TO THE GAIN - JACKIE CAHILL

Oct 13th, 2009 - ICMSA demands 2.1 cents per litre back payment from Glanbia and other Co-ops

Oct 8th, 2009 - ICMSA call on Government to 'take the French hint' and go for agriculture portfolio in the next Commission

Oct 7th, 2009 - ICMSA reaction to Minister Smith's latest consultative initiative

Oct 6th, 2009 - ICMSA lash proposed introduction of speculators to dairy markets

Oct 1st, 2009 - Banks mis-selling loan packages to hard pressed farmers say ICMSA

Sep 22nd, 2009 - ICMSA call for farmers to take their future in their own hands and vote 'Yes'

Sep 21st, 2009 - Jackie Cahill's speech to the ICMSA National Council, Limerick on 21 September 2009

Sep 16th, 2009 - ICMSA welcome chemical fertiliser extension

Sep 15th, 2009 - Fischer Boel's new proposal for individual-farm quotas is madness and will provoke legal challenge say ICMSA

Sep 11th, 2009 - ICMSA says others 'in denial' about dairy price collapse

Sep 11th, 2009 - ICMSA say Ireland must stand firm against EU live export proposals

Sep 8th, 2009 - Disastrous weather conditions require urgent and unprecedented actions say ICMSA

Sep 7th, 2009 - ICMSA response to Commission on Taxation proposals

Sep 4th, 2009 - ICMSA members milk cows in Merrion Street and ask Government to save dairy industry - while there's still time

Sep 1st, 2009 - ICMSA call on Co-ops to clarify their position on dairy market recovery

Aug 21st, 2009 - ICMSA say time to take on vets' monopoly on TB and Brucellosis testing

Aug 14th, 2009 - McMahon says live exports will continue to grow until Irish processors give farmers a fair margin

Aug 13th, 2009 - Dairy farmers accuse Minister Smith of 'dereliction of duty'

Aug 11th, 2009 - ICMSA slam Tanaiste Coughlan's retail sector 'consultation cop-out'

Jul 29th, 2009 - ICMSA PROPOSALS ON REPS FUNDING AND DAIRY CRISIS

Jul 29th, 2009 - EU Commission's Report Will Do Nothing For Dairy Farmers - ICMSA

Jul 29th, 2009 - Minister Smith focused on flawed arguments in Ireland - while he loses the argument for Ireland in Brussels

Jul 27th, 2009 - Major Deficiencies Found In Latest Brazilian Beef Inspection Report

Jul 16th, 2009 - Dairy farmers say Report's lack of interest in agriculture or agri-exports is both 'tragedy and disaster'

Jul 8th, 2009 - Minister Smith and Dept. of Ag. 'cutting everything except their own salaries and bloated expenses' says Cahill

Jul 3rd, 2009 - Cahill says ICMSA vindicated as French and German governments call for suspension of milk quota expansion policy

Jul 3rd, 2009 - ICMSA satisfied that Dept will resist 'pointless' new live export regulations

Jul 1th, 2009 - ICMSA welcome EC recognition of Ireland as brucellosis-free
Jun 23rd, 2009 - Cahill attends Luxembourg farm protest but says intervention alone will not solve dairy income collapse

Jun 15th, 2009 - Commission confirm to ICMSA that emergency legislation to support dairy markets is on the way

Jun 10th, 2009 - ICMSA say Minister Smith should try and save existing dairy farmers before indulging in "pie-in-the-sky" schemes to attract new entrants to dairying

Jun 4th, 2009 - Refund Increase "a first step in right direction" says ICMSA

Jun 3rd, 2009 - ICMSA call on the Government to 'get serious' on farm and domestic wind energy incentives

Jun 3rd, 2009 - Dairy farmers rage as Minister Smith passes them over again
May 29th, 2009 - Cahill says "encouraging signs" that banks appreciate dairy farmers' dilemma

May 25th, 2009 - Irish dairy farmers join European counterparts in Brussels crisis protest

May 11th, 2009 - Farmers say Government must re-introduce Groceries Order to regain control of Food Sector

May 8th, 2009 - ICMSA reject chef's attack on Bord Bia as "inaccurate and unjustified"

May 8th, 2009 - ICMSA and Teagasc 'bury hatchet' and agree to joint assessment of dairy market

May 6th, 2009 - Cahill says possible €64 million available for dairy farmers
Apr 20th, 2009 - ICMSA and Teagasc set for showdown as farmers accuse advisory body of "living in fairyland"

Apr 17th, 2009 - ICMSA figures show "massive rip-off" in Republic's fallen animal costs

Apr 15th, 2009 - Milk suppliers say key dairy sector 'being wrecked' by ministerial failure

Apr 15th, 2009 - ICMSA say Fallen Animals Fiasco is Department's responsibility

Apr 14th, 2009 - Minister's quota statement is 'wrong and misleading' say ICMSA

Apr 7th, 2009 - ICMSA describe Fischer Boel's comments as "unbelievably arrogant and out-of-touch

Apr 7th, 2009 - Farm leader says the banks "who were rescued again today" must be forced to resume lending
Mar 19th, 2009 - Dairy farmers protest at EU Office in Dawson Street and blame Commission directly for the collapse in milk prices

Mar 6th, 2009 - ICMSA say 'exports the only option'
Feb 27th, 2009 - Minister's decision to pay interest on bank loans associated with deferred Farm Waste grants 'a huge burden off farmers'

Feb 26th, 2009 - ICMSA demand change of course on mik quota policy as French indicate support for quotas beyond 2015

Feb 11th, 2009 - ICMSA say Government has broken its word and reached new low as they renege on €400M Farm Waste Management Grants
Jan 27th, 2009 - "The single greatest act of political cowardice any of us can remember"

Jan 23rd, 2009 - Milk suppliers say the time for 'talking the talk' is now over and Govt must 'walk the walk'

Jan 21st, 2009 - ICMSA welcome announcement on REPS payments and urge farmers to join immediately

Jan 19th, 2009 - ICMSA Deputy President rages as ESB workers receive 3.6% pay rise despite highest electricity prices in Europe

Jan 14th, 2009 - ICMSA's O'Leary queries fertiliser prices - 37 per cent fall in UK prices in three months while Irish prices stay the same

Jan 7th, 2009 - Farmers accuse banks of 'financial gouging' on interest surcharge