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Joyce declares IFA election intentions

July 31, 2019

Irish Farmers’ Association Connacht regional chairman Padraic Joyce has announced his intentions to run for the position of IFA deputy president in the…

‘Going to war on behalf of farmers’: Cullinan declares IFA election intentions

July 26, 2019

Agri Politics

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) national treasurer Tim Cullinan has declared his intention to become the next president of the IFA with a promise…

Livestock chair Woods declares intentions for IFA top job

July 19, 2019

Agri Politics

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Livestock Committee chairman Angus Woods has declared his intentions to run for the role of IFA president in…

Kildare chairman declares IFA election intentions

July 16, 2019

Agri Politics

Chairman of Kildare Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Brian Rushe has declared his intentions of running in this year’s national IFA elections for the…

IFA environment chair declares bid for 2019 deputy presidency

March 11, 2019

Agri Politics

Thomas Cooney, the chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, has officially declared his intention to run for…

Have you got what it takes to be the next IFA President?

December 3, 2015

Agri-Business

Nominations are now being accepted for the position of President of the IFA and must be returned by 5.30pm on Wednesday, January 6,…

Nominations have opened for the position of IFA President

December 3, 2015

Agri-Business

Nominations are now being accepted for the position of President of the IFA and must be returned by 5.30pm on Wednesday January 6, 2016,…

Downey names his team

January 14, 2014

Agri-Business

In his inaugural address as leader of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Eddie Downey outlined the team that will work with him over the…

Minister congratulates IFA president elect as RDP goes down to the wire

December 18, 2013

Agri-Business

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has congratulated Meath man Eddie Downey on his election as the new president of the Irish Farmers Association…

Downey slams supermarkets in acceptance speech

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

Eddie Downey, from Slane in Co Meath, is the 14th president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), carrying the day in the 2013 election…

Downey is the new IFA president elect

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

Meath man Eddie Downey has been declared the new president elect of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), achieving 1,079 votes in total. Voting…

‘Brussels should define what they actually mean by an active farmer’ – McGuinness

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

MEP Mairead McGuinness has told AgriLand that the European authorities should seek to specifically define the term ‘active farmer’ as they seek to…

‘IFA stands for fairness’

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

“‘IFA stands for fairness.” That was the key message communicated by the Irish Farmers Association’s (IFA) newly elected munster chairman James McCarthy. A native of…

Cork a key decider in #IFAElections as Downey support high

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

Early voting trends indicate that Meath man Eddie Downey may well carry the day in the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) presidential elections. Counting…

Disharmony in farming union

December 11, 2013

Agri-Business

Irelands largest farming union, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is coming under increasing fire this week as two more branches are set to vote…

On the IFA deputy presidential hustings

November 20, 2013

Agri-Business

AgriLand caught up with Irish Farmers Association (IFA) deputy presidential candidates earlier today and discussed today’s topical news, EirGrid’s multinational Grid 25 project, which came under…