Agri Politics
IFA Connacht regional chairman Padraic Joyce has announced his intentions to run for the position of IFA deputy president.
Environment
The commencement of maintenance work on the River Shannon has been welcomed by IFA Flood Project Chairman Padraic Joyce.
Rural Life
'Minister for Heritage, Heather Humphreys must deliver for farmers who have designations imposed on their land in the upcoming budget.'
Beef
The Department of Agriculture will hopefully be in a position in the first half of 2017 to make a decision on whether the Genomics Programme (BDGP) will reopen this year.
A major rally is to take place in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, this Friday December 2 at 8pm to highlight the importance of ANCs payments.
Agri-Business
The IFA Chairman of Connacht was finally decided tonight after votes were counted in Roscommon, after several months of deadlock.
Sligo IFA is to meet on Monday next, July 4, in order to vote for the next Connacht IFA Chairman after the meeting was postponed last week.
Sligo IFA was due to meet tonight to vote for a candidate for the Connacht Chairman position, however due to a bereavement it's been postponed.
After several months of wrangling, Connacht is set to have new Chairman as voting gets underway in the region tonight for a representative.
Connacht IFA will have an elected representative in place by Friday June 24, after several months of controversy in the region.
IFA has announced that voting in the election of the new Connacht Chairman will take place at five county executive meetings in the region in mid-June.
The deadline for nominations for the position of IFA Treasurer was this morning and the IFA has confirmed that there were two nominations.
At an IFA meeting of Sligo Co. Executive last night former Co. Chairman Eddie Davitt was nominated to run for the role of Connacht Chairman
With just over a week to the deadline for nominations for the Deputy President and Regional Chairs in the IFA Elections, two more names have entered the race.
