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Reminder: Record Connacht tractor run attempt to take place this weekend

May 19, 2017

Plans are in motion to break the Connacht record for the number of participants in a tractor run in Corofin, Co. Galway, this…

€27,000 difference in farm incomes between west and the rest of the country

August 18, 2016

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Farm incomes in counties in the west are over €27,000 lower than those in counties in Munster and Leinster, figures from the Revenue show.…

New Connacht IFA Chairman to be elected next week

June 30, 2016

Agri-Business

The Sligo IFA County Executive is to meet on Monday next, July 4, in order to vote for the next Connacht IFA Chairman…

Connacht IFA Chairman count postponed to later date

June 24, 2016

Agri-Business

The count for the Connacht IFA Chairman position has been postponed, following the death of Sligo IFA’s County Secretary Marie Kenny. The Sligo…

Connacht IFA election debates get underway tonight

June 20, 2016

Agri-Business

After several months of wrangling, Connacht IFA is set to have a representative at National Council as voting gets underway in the region…

Connacht IFA to elect representative next week

June 13, 2016

Agri-Business

Connacht IFA will elect a representative for the region by Friday, June 24, after several months of controversy in the province. Two candidates are…

Yara Ireland expands its commercial team in Connacht and North Leinster

May 19, 2016

Agri-Business

Yara Ireland has appointed Stephen Mullin to its commercial team to cover Connacht and North Leinster in order to build its local on-farm presence…

Two speed land market emerging as prices slump in Connacht and Ulster

May 18, 2016

Agri-Business

A new land market report has highlighted a growing divergence in Ireland’s Agricultural land market with prices growing in the East and South…

Two candidates announced to contest Connacht IFA election

May 9, 2016

Sligo’s Eddie Davitt and Mayo’s Padraic Joyce have been nominated to run for the position of IFA Connacht Chairman, following a secret ballot vote…

Connacht IFA County Chairmen to vote for regional chairman today

May 6, 2016

County Chairmen from the five Connacht counties, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim, will today be voting for a Connacht IFA Chairman. The…

The nominations for IFA Treasurer are in (and there is an interesting nominee)

April 20, 2016

Agri-Business

The deadline for nominations for the position of IFA Treasurer was 11am this morning and the IFA has confirmed that two nominations were…

No solution in sight to resolve the ongoing row over Connacht IFA Chairman

April 11, 2016

Agri-Business

Two months on from the deadline for nominations for Connacht IFA Chairman, the region remains in deadlock with no candidate fitting the criteria…

Connacht IFA to ‘sort out its own house’ or face not having a representative

March 25, 2016

Agri-Business

Connacht IFA county representatives were told at this week’s Executive Council that it is up to them to sort out their own house…

First votes to be cast in Munster tonight for Regional Chairman

March 8, 2016

Agri-Business

Voting gets underway tonight for the position of Munster IFA Chairman with the first County Executive meeting taking place tonight in West Cork. There are…

Sligo submits possible solution to Connacht IFA deadlock to National Council

March 4, 2016

Agri-Business

Sligo IFA has submitted a proposal to IFA HQ requesting a rotating Connacht Chairman every two years in the region as a resolution to…

Connacht could be left without a regional IFA chair

February 25, 2016

Agri-Business

Farmers in Connacht could be left without a regional chair, as it remains in deadlock. No candidate has met the criteria and it…

Connacht IFA in deadlock – five candidates and none with backing signature

February 12, 2016

Agri-Business

Five candidates have been nominated once again in Connacht for the position of Connacht IFA Chair. The five candidates have been backed by their respective…

Turley and O’Beirne back in race for Connacht IFA Chairman

February 11, 2016

Agri-Business

Following county executive meetings in Galway and Roscommon last night, a candidate from each county was nominated to go forward for the position of…

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