Rural Life
Con Lucey: Death occurs of former IFA chief economist
Con Lucey, the former chief economist of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) for over 30 years, has died. IFA president...
Con Lucey
Beef
Beef: Report says switching exports from UK to EU will see lower returns
Attempting to switch Irish beef exports over to the EU to reduce our dependence on the UK market “is not...
Agri-Business
Con Lucey outlines emerging UK agri-trade policy post-Brexit
The implications of the UK’s trading policy for agriculture post-Brexit has been outlined by the former economist for the Irish...
Agri-Business
Lucey reforms to be implemented by IFA within 12 months
The IFA has confirmed that the recommendations arising from the Con Lucey Review are being debated by the association’s county...
Opinion
Opinion: IFA will remain in turmoil as long as Executive Board remains defiant
As 2016 draws to a close the biggest farming story of the year still centres around the IFA. Since November,...
Agri-Business
Limerick IFA to lead protest calling for IFA Executive Board to resign
Limerick IFA members are staging a protest outside IFA HQ at the next Executive Council meeting in January. Donal O’Brien,...
Agri-Business
Five revelations from Con Lucey's IFA report
1. John Maloney has resigned from Remuneration Committee While everyone was consumed by the facts and figures around the remuneration...
Agri-Business
'IFA staff should only be working for IFA'
A key recommendation in relation to the Executive Staff of IFA that Con Lucey has made in his review is...
Agri-Business
Silke out of race for IFA President as Galway sends motion of no confidence to Dublin
There was huge drama at the Galway County Executive meeting last night when it met and returned a motion of...
Agri-Business
Majority of farmers believe IFA President should be paid less than €100,000
Some 83% of respondents to an Agriland poll on the pay of the IFA President have said that they should receive less...
Agri-Business
Lucey Report calls for end of 'behind the scenes' decision making in IFA
There should be no more ‘behind the scenes’ decision making in IFA, the Con Lucey Report has recommended. The report...
Agri-Business
No date for election of IFA president to be set until January
There will be no IFA President election date set until at least January, the Executive Council of the IFA decided...
Agri-Business
IFA appoints new Chairman - Laoisman to hold the reins until election
The IFA has appointed a new Chairman – Jer Bergin – who will uphold the role of IFA President until...
Agri-Business
Con Lucey IFA report: Read it in full here
Con Lucey delivered his report to the IFA Executive Council today (Tuesday) in Bluebell. Lucey took up the remit in...
Agri-Business
Analysis: Con Lucey report to influence the future of the IFA
Con Lucey will today present the findings of his report to the IFA Executive Council in the IFA’s Headquarters at the...
Agri-Business
Tonight's the deadline for submissions to Lucey review of IFA
IFA members have until midnight tonight to submit their views on the future structures of the organisation to Con Lucey,...
Agri-Business
Meath and Clare IFA back IFA Executive Board - until Con Lucey's report
Some 300 farmers attended the Meath IFA county executive meeting on Monday night in Navan with a consensus that the...
Rural Life
#IFAgate generated a lot of interest on Twitter
Yesterday (November 25) an emergency Executive Council meeting of the IFA was called in order to further address the IFA...