Category: Business

  • IFA RAISES PAYMENT DELAYS AT CHARTER OF RIGHTS MEETING

    IFA RAISES PAYMENT DELAYS AT CHARTER OF RIGHTS MEETING

    At a meeting of the Charter of Rights Monitoring Committee in Portlaoise today, IFA Deputy President Tim O Leary told the Department of Agriculture that the ongoing payment delays for about 2,500 farmers are unacceptable and causing severe financial hardship for the farmers involved. Tim O Leary said the delays, which mainly relate to Basic…

  • Kelly announces funding for refurbishment of Carrick-on-Suir Library

    Kelly announces funding for refurbishment of Carrick-on-Suir Library

    Mr. Alan Kelly, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today, Monday, 25 January 2016, announced an allocation of €150,000 towards the refurbishment of Carrick-on-Suir Library and an allocation of €100,000 for the purchase of a schools mobile library for the county. Making the announcement at Carrick-on-Suir Library, the Minister said that he…

  • IFA SAYS CAP SIMPLICIATION PROPOSALS NEED TO GO FURTHER

    IFA SAYS CAP SIMPLICIATION PROPOSALS NEED TO GO FURTHER

    FA Rural Development Chairman Flor McCarthy has said the simplification proposals put forward by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan need to go further and must address the concerns and fears farmers have when an inspection takes place on the farm. Flor McCarthy said the simplification agenda of Commissioner Hogan is welcome and some of his…

  • IFA CRITICAL OF FACTORIES ON WEIGHT LIMIT CUTS

    IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said factories are using carcase weight cuts to flatten the beef price on winter finishers in an attempt to get cheaper beef. He said with only 10% of our finished beef cattle over 420 kgs carcase weight, factories and Bord Bia are failing our best and most productive suckler farmers…

  • Action Needed on Town Centres

    The politics of facilitating developers means that the state serves those who shout the loudest or who are best connected, instead of what is best for the public. It also leads to bad decisions about where to site housing or services with consequences clear from the recent floods. On Saturday January 23rd, Tipperary Greens engaged…

  • IFA CRITICISES MINISTER COVENEY FOR RULING 2,500 FARMERS OUT OF GLAS

    IFA CRITICISES MINISTER COVENEY FOR RULING 2,500 FARMERS OUT OF GLAS

    IFA Rural Development Chairman Flor McCarthy has criticised the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney for ruling 2,500 farmers out of the second phase of GLAS and backtracking on a commitment that he made at Budget time that at least 13,000 farmers would be allowed into the scheme. Flor McCarthy said that with 11,500 farmers being…

  • FLOOD FUND MUST CATER FOR ALL LOSSES ON FARMS

    FLOOD FUND MUST CATER FOR ALL LOSSES ON FARMS

    IFA Flood Project Chairman Tom Turley has said the announcement today by Minister Simon Coveney of Emergency Flood Damage Relief funding must cover all losses associated with flooding on farms. He said the fund must cater for stock and crop losses, structural damage, and the costs associated with alterative accommodation secured in order to safeguard…

  • IFA PUTS CASE TO TAOISEACH FOR INCREASED SUPPORTS FOR SHEEP SECTOR

    IFA PUTS CASE TO TAOISEACH FOR INCREASED SUPPORTS FOR SHEEP SECTOR

    Speaking at the IFA Executive Council today, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the IFA Sheep Chairman John Lynskey that the IFA case for €20 per ewe, and pursuing a successful outcome to the EU Sheep Reflection Group set up by Commissioner Hogan, were realistic. John Lynskey told the Taoiseach that incomes in the sheep sector…

  • SONG TO COMMERATE 1916

    SONG TO COMMERATE 1916

    Coiste Náisiúnta Scór, the National GAA Committee for the promotion of culture, is delighted to announce that, in conjunction with the 1916 commemorations, they are launching a Ballad Writing Project for second level schools. To commemorate 1916, the GAA through one of its cultural branches Coiste Náisiúnta Scór, would welcome the participation of Second Level…

  • Banking report highlights stark contrast in treatment of bankers and other citizens

    Banking report highlights stark contrast in treatment of bankers and other citizens

    Sinn Féin’s Tipperary General Election candidate Cllr. Séamie Morris has commented on differing treatment of bankers and ordinary citizens. He contrasts the pension pay-offs for the people responsible for the banking disaster and others. He was speaking after publication of the long-awaited report on the banking collapse. Cllr Morris said: “This report is long overdue,…