Con Lucey outlines emerging UK agri-trade policy post-Brexit July 23, 2019 Agri-Business The implications of the UK’s trading policy for agriculture post-Brexit has been outlined by the former economist for the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA),…
Lucey reforms to be implemented by IFA within 12 months January 12, 2016 Agri-Business The IFA has confirmed that the recommendations arising from the Con Lucey Review are being debated by the association’s county executives with the…
Opinion: IFA will remain in turmoil as long as Executive Board remains defiant December 27, 2015 Opinion As 2016 draws to a close the biggest farming story of the year still centres around the IFA. Since November, the organisation remains…
Limerick IFA to lead protest calling for IFA Executive Board to resign December 21, 2015 Agri-Business Limerick IFA members are staging a protest outside IFA HQ at the next Executive Council meeting in January. Donal O’Brien, from Pallaskenry, has said…
Five revelations from Con Lucey’s IFA report December 20, 2015 Agri-Business 1. John Maloney has resigned from Remuneration Committee While everyone was consumed by the facts and figures around the remuneration of Pat Smith…
‘IFA staff should only be working for IFA’ December 19, 2015 Agri-Business A key recommendation in relation to the Executive Staff of IFA that Con Lucey has made in his review is that they should…
Silke out of race for IFA President as Galway sends motion of no confidence to Dublin December 18, 2015 Agri-Business There was huge drama at the Galway County Executive meeting last night when it met and returned a motion of no confidence in…
Majority of farmers believe IFA President should be paid less than €100,000 December 17, 2015 Agri-Business Some 83% of respondents to an Agriland poll on the pay of the IFA President have said that they should receive less than €100,000. Looking…
Lucey Report calls for end of ‘behind the scenes’ decision making in IFA December 16, 2015 Agri-Business There should be no more ‘behind the scenes’ decision making in IFA, the Con Lucey Report has recommended. The report has also criticised…
No date for election of IFA president to be set until January December 16, 2015 Agri-Business There will be no IFA President election date set until at least January, the Executive Council of the IFA decided yesterday (Tuesday). During…
IFA appoints new Chairman – Laoisman to hold the reins until election December 16, 2015 Agri-Business The IFA has appointed a new Chairman – Jer Bergin – who will uphold the role of IFA President until a new official…
Con Lucey IFA report: Read it in full here December 15, 2015 Agri-Business Con Lucey delivered his report to the IFA Executive Council today (Tuesday) in Bluebell. Lucey took up the remit in the wake of…
Analysis: Con Lucey report to influence the future of the IFA December 15, 2015 Agri-Business Con Lucey will today present the findings of his report to the IFA Executive Council in the IFA’s Headquarters at the Farm Centre in…
Tonight’s the deadline for submissions to Lucey review of IFA December 7, 2015 Agri-Business IFA members have until midnight tonight to submit their views on the future structures of the organisation to Con Lucey, the man appointed…
Meath and Clare IFA back IFA Executive Board – until Con Lucey’s report December 2, 2015 Agri-Business Some 300 farmers attended the Meath IFA county executive meeting on Monday night in Navan with a consensus that the Executive Board of…
#IFAgate generated a lot of interest on Twitter November 26, 2015 Rural Life Yesterday (November 25) an emergency Executive Council meeting of the IFA was called in order to further address the IFA pay scandal. The…
IFA crisis meeting update: Members invited to make submissions to review November 25, 2015 Agri-Business The latest from the IFA crisis meeting, officially released by the IFA, is that the Executive Committee has ratified the review by Con…
Analysis: What will Con Lucey do for the IFA? November 25, 2015 Opinion The former Chief Economist of the IFA Con Lucey is being brought back on board to help review current issues in the association.…
