Rural Life
Con Lucey, the former chief economist of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) over a 30-year span, has died.
Beef
Switching beef exports to the EU to reduce dependence on the UK "is not easy" and is likely to see less returns, an economist has warned.
Agri-Business
The implications of the UK's trading policy for agriculture post-Brexit has been outlined by the former economist for the IFA, Con Lucey.
The IFA has confirmed that the Lucey reforms will be implemented within the next 12 months
Opinion
As 2016 draws to a close the biggest story of the year still centres around the IFA.
A number of Limerick IFA members are staging a protest outside IFA HQ at the next Executive Council meeting in January.
Here's five revelation from the Con Lucey IFA report that went under the radar of many people
A key recommendation in relation to the Executive Staff of IFA that Con Lucey has made in his review is that they should only be working for IFA.
Galway County Executive was in turmoil last night when it met and returned a motion of no confidence in the Executive Board of IFA
Some 73% of respondents to an Agriland poll on the pay of the IFA President have said that they should receive less than €100,000.
The IFA Executive Board and the Executive Council structures within IFA have come in for significant criticism in Con Lucey's report.
There will be no IFA presidential date set until at least January, the Executive Council of the IFA decided yesterday (Tuesday).
The IFA has appointed a new Chairman - Jer Bergin - who will uphold the role of IFA President until a new official President is elected.
Con Lucey delivered his report to the IFA Executive Council today (Tuesday) in Bluebell.
Con Lucey will present the findings of his report to the IFA Executive Council this Tuesday.
IFA members have until midnight this evening to submit their views on the future structures of the organisation to Con Lucey
Some 300 farmers attended the Meath IFA county executive meeting on Monday night in Navan with a consensus that the Executive Board of the IFA stay in situ until an election and then put themselves forward for re-election.
Yesterday (November 25) an emergency Executive Council meeting of the IFA was called in order to further address the #IFAgate pay scandal.
The IFA Executive Council meeting has ratified Con Lucey review
The former Chief Economist of the IFA Con Lucey is being brought back on board to help review current issues in the association.
Below is the letter former IFA Economist Con Lucey sent to IFA President Eddie Downey about his departure from the IFA Audit Committee.
Con Lucey letter of IFA President Eddie Downey on November 8
