Big job announcements soon

Both the Department of Agriculture and Teagasc have big appointments to announce soon.

The Dealer

5 September 2018

Noel CawleY. \ Dylan Vaughan

Two of the biggest jobs in Irish agriculture are due to be filled soon. Aidan O’Driscoll has taken up his new post, and his successor as secretary general of the Department of Agriculture won’t be much longer. Board meeting

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