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ICSA calls on Heydon to push back against ‘bad EU policies’
Amy Forde
The ICSA president has said that the new Minister must stand firm against all policies that have a detrimental effect on our farmers.
23 January 2025 News
Commissioner wants farm supports to go to real ‘active farmers’
Christophe Hansen addressed the IFA’s 70th AGM in the Irish Farm Centre on Thursday where he gave a wide-ranging address to the IFA national council and guests.
22 January 2025 News
IFA to tell Commissioner farmers need certainty
It will be made “quite clear” to Commissioner Hansen when he visits Ireland on Thursday that farmers need a five-to-ten-year plan on policy, the IFA president has said.
Plans for simplified CAP payments
Announced in the 2025 Programme for Government, there will be IT system improvements at the Department of Agriculture to avoid payment delays.
22 January 2025 News
Letter to the Editor: open letter to Christophe Hansen
Open letter to Christophe Hansen, EU Commissioner for Agriculture & Food - Mark Connors, vice chair, IFA environment committee
22 January 2025 Letters
Editorial: clear messages at IFA AGM
IFA AGM address - Francie Gorman called out the imbalance between environmental, economic and social policy.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
‘New Government has to find different way to work with farmers’ - Gorman
IFA president Francie Gorman made the comments at the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 22 January at the Irish Farm Centre.
22 January 2025 News
Opinion: operation transformation needed to help government find their figures
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have maintained the policy commitments they made during the general election campaign, but the funding pledges to back them up have disappeared.
18 January 2025 Opinion
Farming issues to gain key ground in next Dáil
The Regional Independent Group has gained key concessions for farmers in the programme for government.
15 January 2025 News
Drainage rules to tighten for 35,000 farmers
The tighter restrictions will apply from this year on over 540,000ha of farmed peatlands and wetlands in the midlands and west.
15 January 2025 News
In full: farming commitments in the Programme for Government
Here are the key farming elements of the new Programme for Government.
15 January 2025 News
Revealed: programme for government and new agriculture ministers
Michael Healy-Rae and Noel Grealish will take up Minister of State positions at the Department of Agriculture, while a number of farming issues are in the programme for government.
15 January 2025 News